Which of the following is the longest and thinnest ocular muscle?
Correct Answer: Superior oblique
Description: Superior oblique is the longest and thinnest of the ocular muscles. It originates above and medial to the optic foramen and paially overlaps the origin of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle. It has a thin, fusiform belly and passes anteriorly in the form of a tendon to its trochlea. It is then reflected backwards and downwards as a fuher length of tendon to attach in a fan shape to the sclera beneath the superior rectus. Superior oblique is innervated by trochlear nerve. Inferior oblique, medial rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus are innervated by occulomotor nerve. Lateral rectus is innervated by abducens nerve. Ref: Riordan-Eva P. (2011). Chapter 1. Anatomy & Embryology of the Eye. In P. Riordan-Eva, E.T. Cunningham, Jr. (Eds), Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 18e.
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