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{{Muscle infobox |
  Name         = Lateral rectus |
  Latin        = musculus rectus lateralis bulbi |
  GraySubject  = 227 |
  GrayPage     = 1022 |
  Image        = Eyemuscles.png |
  Caption      = ''Rectus muscles:'' <BR>2 = [[Superior rectus muscle|superior]], 3 = [[Inferior rectus muscle|inferior]], 4 = [[Medial rectus muscle|medial]], 5 = [[Lateral rectus muscle|lateral]]<br>''Oblique muscles:'' 6 = [[Superior oblique muscle|superior]], 8 = [[Inferior oblique muscle|inferior]]<br>''Other muscle:'' 9 = [[levator palpebrae superioris muscle|levator palpebrae superioris]]<br>''Other structures:'' 1 = [[Annulus of Zinn]], 7 = [[Trochlea of superior oblique|Trochlea]], 10 = [[Tarsi|Superior tarsus]], 11 = [[Sclera]], 12 = [[Optic nerve]] |
  Image2       = Gray785.png |
  Caption2     = Figure showing the mode of innervation of the Recti medialis and lateralis of the eye. |
  Origin       = [[annulus of Zinn]] at the orbital apex |
  Insertion    = 7 mm temporal to the [[limbus]] |
  Blood        = |
  Nerve        = [[abducens nerve]] |
  Action       = [[Abduction (kinesiology)|abducts]] the [[eyeball]] (makes it move outwards) |
  DorlandsPre  = m_22 |
  DorlandsSuf  = 12550497  |
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:''For the muscle of the neck, see [[Rectus capitis lateralis muscle]]''

==Overview==
The '''lateral rectus muscle''' is a [[muscle]] in the [[orbit (anatomy)|orbit]]. It is one of six [[extraocular muscles]] that control the [[eye movements|movements of the eye]] (abduction in this case) and the only muscle [[innervation|innervated]] by the [[abducens nerve]], [[cranial nerve]] VI.

==Additional images==
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 Image:Gray776.png|Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above.
 Image:Gray869.png|Horizontal section of the eyeball.
 Image:Gray890.png|Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure.
 Image:ThreeNeuronArc.png |[[Vestibulo-ocular reflex]]
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==External links==
* {{MuscleLoyola|lr}}
* {{GPnotebook|-66715569}}
* {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|29|01|05}}
* {{YaleCranialNerves|6|1}} 
* {{eMedicineDictionary|lateral+rectus+muscle}}

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[[Category:Muscular system]]
[[Category:Eye]]

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