Any of the striated muscles that move the eye and include: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior oblique, inferior oblique, retractor bulbi. [ MP:0005247 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
Synonyms: ocular smooth muscle
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pheno_slim
Not clear if we need this and intra-ocular muscle. See issue #331. MA includes ciliary and iris smooth muscle