"Oculomotor Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Oculomotor Muscles- Oculomotor Muscles
- Muscle, Oculomotor
- Muscles, Oculomotor
- Oculomotor Muscle
- Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle
Oblique Muscles, Extraocular- Oblique Muscles, Extraocular
- Extraocular Oblique Muscle
- Extraocular Oblique Muscles
- Oblique Muscle, Extraocular
- Oblique Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle, Oblique
- Extraocular Muscles, Oblique
- Oblique Extraocular Muscle
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