how many muscles to eyes use?
There are 6 muscles that move your eye. Four of these, the inferior rectus, superior rectus, lateral rectus and medial rectus, are most frequently. involved. These muscles originate behind the eye at the peak of the eye socket and attach to the eye ju st. behind the cornea (the clear portion of the eye overlying the colored part of the eye). The muscles cannot. be seen on the surface as they are covered by a thin layer of tissue (the conjunctiva) but may become.