Extraocular Muscle

**Semantic type:** Anatomical Structure

**Definition:** A group of extrinsic muscles that are responsible for moving the eye and lifting the eyelid. These include: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, and levator palpebrae superioris, all innervated by CN III (oculomotor nerve), superior oblique, innervated by CN IV (trochlear nerve), lateral rectus, innervated by CN VI (abducens nerve).

**Synonyms:** - EOM - EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE - MUSCLE, EXTRAOCULAR - Oculomotor Muscle