external ocular muscle

Japanese: external ocular muscle(英語表記)externalocularmuscle
external ocular muscle

The muscles that control the movement of the eye are called the extraocular muscles. The extraocular muscles control the movement of the eye and the intrinsic muscles control the movement of the pupil.
[external ocular muscle]
It is a small striated muscle, 40-60 mm long and about 10 mm wide, and consists 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. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "external ocular muscle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…眼球の内外につく筋肉で,眼球の動きを支配する外眼筋と,瞳孔運動と調節を営む内眼筋に大別される。
[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。…

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