describe the function of each extrinsic eye muscle
These extrinsic eye muscles are some of the fastest contracting and most precisely controlled skeletal muscles in the human body and function as Agonist & Antagonists pairs to move the eyeball. 1  Superior and Inferior Rectus Muscles, 2  Lateral and Medial Rectus Muscles,hese muscles are called extrinsic eye muscles because their origin points are outside of the eyeballs (in the orbit) and insertion points are on the outer surface of the Sclera.