extraocular muscle

English

Noun

extraocular muscle (plural extraocular muscles)

1. (anatomy) Any of the six small voluntary muscles that pass between the eyeball and the orbit and control the movement and stabilization of the eyeball in relation to the orbit.

   Meronyms: medial rectus, lateral rectus, inferior oblique muscle, inferior rectus, superior oblique muscle, superior rectus

References

• “extraocular muscle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.