superior oblique extraocular muscle
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The superior oblique muscle, or obliquus oculi superior, is a fusiform muscle in the upper, medial side of the orbit whose primary action is downward, lateral rotation of the eye. One of the extraocular muscles, the superior oblique is the only muscle innervated by the trochlear nerve (the fourth cranial nerve). [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_oblique_muscle ]
Synonyms: dorsal oblique extraocular muscle superior oblique obliquus superior superior oblique muscle musculus obliquus superior
Term information
- NCIT:C33688
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_oblique_muscle
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0582816
- AAO:0010119
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181155005
- TAO:0000738
- ZFA:0000738
- MA:0001277
- UMLS:C0582816 (ncithesaurus:Superior_Oblique_Muscle)
- VHOG:0001131
- FMA:49039
vertebrate_core
obliquus oculi superior
M. obliquus superior
musculus obliquus superior bulbi
dorsal oblique extraocular muscles
The ability to rotate the eyeball is common to all vertebrates with well-developed eyes, regardless of the habitat in which they live, so these [extrinsic ocular] muscles tend to be conservative. They change little during the course of evolution.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- oblique extraocular muscle
- has_muscle_origin some common tendinous ring
- innervated_by some trochlear nerve
- has_muscle_insertion some eyeball of camera-type eye