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MeSH Heading: Oculomotor Muscles
Tree Number(s): A02.633.567.700
Unique ID: D009801
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009801
Annotation: /innerv = probably OCULOMOTOR NERVE but consider also ABDUCENS NERVE & TROCHLEAR NERVE; paralysis = OCULOMOTOR PARALYSIS see OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; /‌growth: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /‌embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Scope Note: The muscles that move the eye. Included in this group are the medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, superior oblique, musculus orbitalis, and levator palpebrae superioris.
Entry Term(s): Extraocular Muscles; Extraocular Rectus Muscles; Inferior Oblique Extraocular Muscle; Inferior Oblique Muscles; Levator Palpebrae Superioris; Musculus Orbitalis; Oblique Extraocular Muscles; Oblique Muscle, Inferior; Oblique Muscle, Superior; Oblique Muscles, Extraocular; Rectus Muscles, Extraocular; Superior Oblique Extraocular Muscle; Superior Oblique Muscle
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Oculomotor Muscles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025