Medial rectus
Head & throat
- Origin
- Common tendinous ring at the back of the orbit
- Insertion
- Inner surface of the eyeball
- Action
- Turns the eye inward, toward the nose
- Nerve supply
- Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
The largest of the eye muscles. Both medial recti work together to turn the eyes inward when you focus on something close.
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