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NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
EYE EXPRESSIONS
Frontalis
1
galea aponeurotica skin of eyebrows and
root of nose
• raises the eyebrows
• wrinkles the forehead
horizontally
Facial
Corrugator supercilii
2
arch of frontal bone
above nasal bone
skin of eyebrow • draws eyebrows medially
and inferiorly
• wrinkles the forehead
vertically (frowning)
Facial
Levator palpebrae superioris
3
tendinous band
around optic foramen
(near annular ring)
upper eyelid • raises eyelids Oculomotor
Orbicularis oculi
4
frontal and mazillary
bones and ligaments
around orbit
tissue of eyelid • blinking
• squinting
• draws eyebrows inferi-
orly
Facial
4
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NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
EYEBALL MOVERS
Superior rectus
5
annular ring superior eyeball • elevates the eye Oculomotor
Inferior rectus
6
annular ring inferior eyeball • depresses the eye Oculomotor
Medial rectus
7
annular ring medial eyeball • moves the eye medially Oculomotor
Lateral rectus
8
annular ring lateral eyeball • moves the eye laterally Abducens
Superior oblique
9
annular ring superior lateral eye-
ball via trochlea
• depresses the eye & turns
it laterally
Trochlear
Inferior oblique
10
medial orbit surface inferolateral eye
surface
• elevates the eye & turns it
laterally
Ocolomotor
5
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