orbitalis muscle
An orbitalis muscle is a rudimentary nonstriated muscle (smooth muscle) that crosses from the infraorbital groove and sphenomaxillary fissure and intimately united with the periosteum of the orbit. It is often called Muller's muscle. One characteristic of Horner's Syndrome is enophthalmos (retraction of the eyeball into the orbit due to paralysis of the orbitalis muscle that spans the inferior orbital fissure). Its function is eyeball protrusion. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitalis_muscle ]
Synonyms: orbital muscle, orbital muscle of muller, orbitalis, musculus orbitalis
Term info
- Wikipedia:Orbitalis_muscle
- FMA:49034
- SCTID:368790005
- MA:0001274
- UMLS:C0229105 (ncithesaurus:Orbitalis_Muscle)
- NCIT:C52800
- EMAPA:37691 (MA:th)
subclass of 'muscle layer' in FMA
orbitalis, musculus orbitalis
uberon
UBERON:0006318
orbitalis muscle, Orbitalis