The extra-ocular muscles

3D Model

There are seven extra-ocular or extrinsic muscles. The superior, inferior, medial and lateral rectus and the superior and inferior oblique move the eyeball. The levator palpebrae superioris, which lifts the upper eyelid, is not shown in this model.

Based on 3D models from BodyParts3D, © 2008 Database Center for Life Science licensed by CC display - Share Alike 2.1 Japan, available at: http://lifesciencedb.jp/bp3d/ The models have been colored and cropped