"Oculomotor Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The muscles that move the eye. Included in this group are the medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, superior oblique, musculus orbitalis, and levator palpebrae superioris.
| Descriptor ID |
D009801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Oculomotor Muscles- Oculomotor Muscles
- Muscle, Oculomotor
- Muscles, Oculomotor
- Oculomotor Muscle
- Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle
Oblique Muscles, Extraocular- Oblique Muscles, Extraocular
- Extraocular Oblique Muscle
- Extraocular Oblique Muscles
- Oblique Muscle, Extraocular
- Oblique Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle, Oblique
- Extraocular Muscles, Oblique
- Oblique Extraocular Muscle
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oculomotor Muscles" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oculomotor Muscles" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oculomotor Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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Kates MM, Sahawneh M, Tauscher R. Traumatic Unilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in a 5-Year-Old Child. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024 Nov-Dec; 61(6):e75-e77.
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Saffari PS, Dallalzadeh LO, Kikkawa DO, Korn BS, Ramesh S, Shinder R, Rootman DB. The Utility of Preoperative Phenylephrine Testing in M?ller Muscle Conjunctival Resection Surgery for Involutional Ptosis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Jan-Feb 01; 41(1):90-93.
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Lee YH, Pineles SL, Ploysangam P, Velez FG. Inferior Rectus Muscle Y-Split for Thyroid-Related Vertical Strabismus. J Binocul Vis Ocul Motil. 2024 Apr-Jun; 74(2):65-68.
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Arnold RW, Strominger MB, Vagge A, Nelson LB. Management of Congenital Esotropia. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023 Sep-Oct; 60(5):310-311.
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Umfress AC, Glaser TS, Ploysangam P, Enyedi LB, Pineles S, Velez FG. Unilateral four muscle surgery for extra-large monocular exotropia. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed). 2023 Jul; 98(7):404-409.
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Thuma TBT, Gunton M, Zhang QE, Sharpe J, Gunton KB. Is There Gender Bias in Perceptions of Strabismus Among Adults? J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023 Nov-Dec; 60(6):396-401.
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Herlihy E, Mungan N, Schnall B, Nelson LB. Management of Difficult Strabismus Conditions. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2022 Mar-Apr; 59(2):74-76.
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Nelson LB. Clinical Characteristics Associated With Intermittent Exotropia That May Affect Its Control. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2022 Jan-Feb; 59(1):4.
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Bacal D, DeRespinis PA, Dumitrescu AV, Nelson LB. Management of Adult Strabismus. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2021 Sep-Oct; 58(5):278-281.
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Armstrong BK, Murchison AP, Bilyk JR. Suspected orbital myositis associated with COVID-19. Orbit. 2021 Dec; 40(6):532-535.