Inferior rectus muscle
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The inferior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit.
Actions
It depresses, adducts, rotates laterally, and extorts the eye.
Innervation
As with most of the muscles of the orbit, it is innervated by the oculomotor nerve (Cranial Nerve III).
Additional images
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Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure. -
The right eye in sagittal section, showing the fascia bulbi (semidiagrammatic).
External links
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- Diagram at mun.ca
