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lateral rectus extra-ocular muscle

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The lateral rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit. It is one of six extraocular muscles that control the movements of the eye (abduction in this case) and the only muscle innervated by the abducens nerve, cranial nerve VI. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_rectus_muscle ]

Synonyms: posterior rectus lateral rectus lateral rectus muscle M. rectus lateralis musculus rectus lateralis lateral rectus extraocular muscle

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

plural form
lateral recti [ ZFA:0000383 ]

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Eyemuscles.png

external definition

Cranial nerve VI innervated; lateral in the rectus group.[AAO]

has related synonym

musculus rectus lateralis bulbi

lateral recti

lateral extraocular muscle

has alternative id

UBERON:0004837

homology notes

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]

id

UBERON:0001603

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606