IV.C.2 Head: Eye & Muscles of the Eye Page 1 of 5

Objectives:

4.2.1 Identify the extra-ocular muscles.

4.2.2 Demonstrate the orientation of the eyeball in the bony orbit.

4.2.3 Identify the individual action of the extra-ocular muscles.

4.2.4 Define how each muscle contributes to the common clinical test for eye muscle function.

Assigned Readings:

Moore's COA: Pages 897-899, 906-913. See the blue boxes on page 921 for clinical correlations. See the yellow boxes on pages 921-922 for "The Bottom Line."

Neuroanatomy: Pages 60-61, 566-568, 588-589.

Ocular muscles

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	Step 1: Begin with the skull.
	Step 2: Add the optic nerve.
	Step 3: Add the superior oblique. Find the location of the pulley mechanism that allows this muscle to function
	Step 4: Add the inferior oblique.
	Step 5: Add the superior rectus.
	Step 6: Add the inferior rectus.
	Step 7: Add the medial rectus.
	Step 8: Add the lateral rectus.