Dictionary of Ichthyology |
eye muscles = the muscles that move the eye up, down, backward and medially. These are the the inferior, medial, lateral, and superior recti, plus the superior and inferior oblique muscles. |
Eye muscles and nerves in a shark, a = abducens, om = oculomotor, t = trochlearis (nerves); oi = inferior oblique, os = superior oblique, re = external rectus (lateral), ri = internal rectus (medial), rif = inferior rectus, rs = superior rectus (muscles), from Kingsley's "Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology, 1906. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |