Pulley (medicine) - Kassha

Japanese: 滑車(医学) - かっしゃ
Pulley (medicine) - Kassha


[external ocular muscle]
It is a small striated muscle, 40-60mm long and about 10mm wide, consisting of four rectus muscles, the lateral rectus (also called the lateral rectus), medial rectus (also called the medial rectus), superior rectus, and inferior rectus, and two oblique muscles, the inferior oblique and superior oblique. These muscles are innervated by three nerves: the abducens nerve for the lateral rectus, the oculomotor nerve for the medial rectus to inferior oblique, and the trochlear nerve for the superior oblique. The tendon of the superior oblique is supported by a cartilaginous trochlea. …

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Japanese:


[外眼筋external ocular muscle]
 長さ40~60mm,幅約10mmの小さな横紋筋で,外直筋(外側直筋ともいう),内直筋(内側直筋ともいう),上直筋,下直筋の四つの直筋と,下斜筋,上斜筋の二つの斜筋からなる。これらの筋肉は三つの神経に支配されており,外直筋は外転神経,内直筋から下斜筋までは動眼神経,上斜筋は滑車神経の支配を受けている。また上斜筋は腱が軟骨性の滑車trochleaによって支持されている。…

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