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Muscles that move the Eyeballs / Extrinsic eye muscles
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six muscles per eyeball / all insert on the sclera (touch white outer coat of the eyeball / four of the six muscles are innervated by the Oculomotor nerve (Cranial nerve III)
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Superior rectus
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1. Moves eyeball upward
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Inferior rectus
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1. Moves eyeball downward
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Medial rectus
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1. Moves eyeball medially (toward the nose)
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Lateral recutus
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1. Moves eyeball laterally (away from the midline, toward temple)
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Superior oblique
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1. helps rotate eyeball
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Inferior oblique
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1. helps rotate eyeball
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