Skeletal muscle derived from cranial mesoderm and controls eye movements. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraocular_muscles http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0002074 ]
Synonyms: extrinsic ocular muscle extraocular skeletal muscle extrinsic muscle of eyeball extra-ocular skeletal muscle extrinsic eye muscle extraocular musculature extraocular muscle
Term information
- SCTID:181150000
- EMAPA:18234
- TAO:0000511
- ZFA:0000511
- EFO:0001921
- CALOHA:TS-0305
- Wikipedia:Extraocular_muscles
- FMA:49033
- EHDAA2:0000482
- VHOG:0000549
- AAO:0010028
- MA:0001271
- BTO:0001579
- EHDAA:5729
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Myofibers in extraocular muscles are derived from mesoderm, whereas muscle connective tissue cells arise from neural crest.[PMID:16638982]
Any of the six small muscles that control movement of the eyeball within the socket. [TFD][VHOG]
Muscles surrounding the eye (bulbus oculi) and having an effect on eye movements.[AAO]
BTO and MA consider this part of the eye; we follow them here (inferred from skeletal muscle). Not clear if omission from FMA is deliberate.
The ability to rotate the eyeball is common to all vertebrates with well-developed eyes, regardless of the habitat in which they live, so these (extrinsic ocular) muscles tend to be conservative. They change little during the course of evolution.[well established][VHOG]