Understanding and misunderstanding extraocular muscle pulleys

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Miller, Joel M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pulley hypothesis; APH; EOM pulleys; Extraocular biomechanics; Extraocular connective tissue; Extraocular muscle pulleys; Listing's law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; ORBIT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBIT; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 34548450344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.11.10     Document Type: Article

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