Double insertions of extraocular rectus muscles in humans and the pulley theory

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-306

  Ruskell, Gordon L ^a   Haugen, Inga Britt Kjellevold ^b   Bruenech, Jan Richard ^b   van der Werf, Frans ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extraocular muscle; Eye movement; Muscle pulleys; Muscle sleeves; Orbital fascia

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE SECTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBIT; SCLERA; TENDONS;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; RECTUS;

EID: 15844400479     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00383.x     Document Type: Review

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