Evidence for fibromuscular pulleys of the recti extraocular muscles.

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The human orbit contains specialized musculofibroelastic tissues in and just posterior to Tenon's fascia that serve as compliant pulleys and determine the pulling directions of recti EOMs. In this sense, the pulleys are the functional origins of the recti EOMs and are determinants of ocular motility.

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Published in: PubMed

Volume 36, Issue 6, pp. 1125-36

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Evidence for fibromuscular pulleys of the recti extraocular muscles.

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