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ANATOMY FOR NURSES 



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of the eyeball, and is inserted between the superior and external 

 recti. 

 Inferior oblique. — The inferior oblique arises from the orbital 



Fig. 70. — Tempor.vl .\nd Deep Muscles about the Mouth. (Gerrish.) 



plate of the maxilla, and courses around the under portion of the 

 eyeball to its attachment near the external rectus. 



Action. — The action of the two oblique muscles is somewhat 

 complicated, but their general tendency is to roll the eyeball on its 

 axis. 



