Extra-ocular muscle

System Sensory (Eye)
SNOMED CT 181150000

Extra-ocular muscle

Definition

Skeletal muscle derived from cranial mesoderm and controls eye movements.

Also known as extra-ocular skeletal muscle, extraocular muscle, extraocular musculature, extraocular skeletal muscle, extrinsic eye muscle, extrinsic muscle of eyeball, extrinsic ocular muscle — per UBERON

The Extra-ocular muscle is a part of the Sensory (Eye).

Also identified as