Superior rectus
Head & throat
Deep muscle — it lies under other muscles. X-ray makes the muscles over it see-through.
- Origin
- Common tendinous ring at the back of the orbit
- Insertion
- Upper surface of the eyeball
- Action
- Moves the eye up; also turns it slightly inward
- Nerve supply
- Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
One of the six muscles that move each eye. It raises the gaze.
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