how many extrinsic eye muscles surround one eyeball?
Muscles of the eyes. The are six muscles of the eyes responsible for movement of the eye. These muscles function in Agonist and Antagonist pairs enabling us to move our eyeballs in the cardinal directions, up, down, left and right. There are six muscles which are responsible for controlling the movement of the eyeballs.
extraocular m's the six voluntary muscles that move the eyeball: superior, inferior, middle, and lateral recti, and superior and inferior oblique muscles. See appendix 3-4. extrinsic muscle one that originates in another part than that of its insertion, as those originating outside the eye, which move the eyeball. fixation m's (fixator m's) accessory muscles that serve to steady a part. gluteal m's three muscles, the greatest, middle, and least, that extend, abduct, and rotate the thigh.