The extraocular muscles or extrinsic muscles of the eyeball are responsible for the movements of the eyeball and the superior eyelids.
Muscles
The seven extraocular muscles are the following:
- The elevator upper eyelid (of the Latin levator palpebrae superioris)
- The superior rectus
- The inferior rectus
- The medial rectus
- The lateral rectus
- The superior oblique
- The inferior oblique
This group of muscles works together to allow the eyeball and the eyelids to move, the movements are coordinated, so the muscles cannot perform in isolation.
Levator palpebrae superioris
Superior of the extraocular muscles. As its name indicates, its function is to elevate the