extraocular

Outside the eye

Extraocular means situated or occurring outside the eyeball.

The term appears almost exclusively in medical contexts, particularly referring to the six extraocular muscles that control eye movement.

Extraocular implants or extraocular surgery involves procedures outside the globe of the eye itself.

ophthalmology

strabismus

Eye misalignment condition

paresis · alignment · deviation · squint · lazy eye · amblyopia · prism · patching · vergence · saccade

anatomy

muscles

Contractile body tissue

levator · innervation · insertion · origin · tendon · fascia · pulley · socket · medial · lateral

examination

cover test

Strabismus screening method

eye movement · assessment · evaluation · clinical · diagnostic · observation

Opposites
anatomical position relative to the eye

extraocularintraocular

Within the eye

ocular · uveal · retinal · orbital · lenticular

Family

ocular, binocular, orbital, monocular, oculus, oculomotor, oculist, intraocular, periorbital

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