"extraocular muscle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extraocular muscles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} extraocular muscle (plural extraocular muscles)
  1. (anatomy) Any of the six small voluntary muscles that pass between the eyeball and the orbit and control the movement and stabilization of the eyeball in relation to the orbit. Meronyms: medial rectus, lateral rectus, inferior oblique muscle, inferior rectus, superior oblique muscle, superior rectus
    Sense id: en-extraocular_muscle-en-noun-eXknJ9U1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Muscles Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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