Insertion of extraocular muscles
Left eye, anterior view
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Insertion of extraocular muscles
Left eye, anterior view
The muscles have been elevated and stretched.
- Tendon of superior rectus muscle
- Tendon of superior oblique muscle (portion of tendon which originally passed through trochlea turned upward)
- Tendon of medial rectus muscle
- Cornea
- Sclera (conjunctiva and bulbar fascia removed)
- Tendon of Inferior rectus muscle
- Anterior ciliary artery
- Annulus conjunctivae overlying limbus corneae
- Tendon of lateral rectus muscle
- Inferior oblique muscle