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It's the string like things on the back of the eye next to the optic nerve, it allows the eye to move around.
Human eye have ciliary muscles not eye muscles,which holds the eye lens in position.these muscles controls the focal length of eye lens.
They change the shape of the lens. (Novanet)
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∙ 14y agoTo swivel eye. Cillary muscles are to contract and expand to focus on close and distant objects.
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∙ 13y agoThe function of the muscles on the sheep is to move the eye in a certain direction
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∙ 13y agoIt controls the movement of eyes,upwards,downward,sideways etc.They are important for fixation of eye and fild vision.
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∙ 14y agoThey serve to rotate the eyeball
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∙ 13y agoTo allow the eyes to turn
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What extrinsic eye muscles are controlled during the convergence reflex?
The voluntary muscles of the eye is the extrinsic eye muscle that are controlled during the convergence reflex. The convergence reflex is keen on keeping the eye alert.
How do extrinsic eye muscles differ in action from the instrintic eye muscles?
Extrinsic eye muscles move the eyeball in relation to the rest of the body, whereas intrinsic muscles move structures within the eyeball.A: The extrinsic muscles control the movement of the eyes.The extrinsic muscles are controlled by the somatic nervous system(voluntary) The intrinsicmuscles control the lens and pupil. The intrinsiceye muscles, (including the iris sphincter, radial pupilodilator muscles and the ciliarymuscle), are under the control of the autonomic nervous system(involuntary)
Function of the extrinsic muscles of the eye?
to help and protect the hand from hyperextension
Why is it more of a strain on the intrinsic and extrinsic eye muscle to look at the close objects than at far objects?
extrinsic muscles are strained
Which of the extrinsic eye muscles moves the eye up and turns it toward the outside margin of the body?
inferior oblique
Is gross eye movements are produced by five extrinsic eye muscles attached to the outer surface of each eye?
yes they are, I studied this in college
What extrinsic eye muscles control the movement of the eyes during convergence reflex?
Medial Rectus
Five accessory eye structures that contribute to the formation of tears?
eyebrows, eyelids, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctiva, and extrinsic eye muscles
If a person with an injury to the extrinsic muscles of the eye would find it difficult to what?
focus light onto the retina
How many extrinsic eye muscles are attached to the exterior surface of each eyeball?
30
What has the author Hyman Saul Sugar written?
Hyman Saul Sugar has written: 'The extrinsic eye muscles' -- subject(s): Diseases, Eye, Muscles 'The glaucomas' -- subject(s): Glaucoma
What are the extrinsic eye muscles?
Superior Rectus Medial Rectus InferiorRectus Superior Oblique Inferior Oblique Lateral Rectus
