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Lateral rectus muscle structure

Known as: M. rectus lateralis, Lateral rectus, Musculus rectus lateralis 
A muscle attaching to the lateral surface of the orbit that abducts the eye.
National Institutes of Health

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Abducens nerve structureHead and neck structureMuscle of orbitMusculoskeletal System

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Left lateral rectusRight lateral rectus

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A on abducens motoneurons in the cat: ultrastructural and synaptic alterations
1997
1997
Effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A on abducens motoneurons in the cat: alterations of the discharge pattern
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Axial muscle function during lizard locomotion
It was recently reported that the epaxial muscles of a lizard, Varanus salvator, function to stabilize the trunk during… 
1987
1987
KINAESTHETIC AND MOTOR EFFECTS OF EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE VIBRATION IN MAN
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Localization of retractor bulbi motoneurons in the rabbit
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of carotid chemoreceptor denervation on breathing in utero and after birth.
The influence of the carotid bodies on fetal breathing activity in utero and on the establishment of postnatal breathing was… 
1979
1979
An adjustable transposition procedure for abduction deficiences.
1976
1976
Anterior segment ischemia following the Jensen procedure.
• Anterior segment ischemia occurred in a 66-year-old patient following recession of one medial rectus muscle combined with… 
1964
1964
EXTRAOCULAR PROPRIOCEPTIVE RESPONSES IN THE VI NERVE OF THE CAT.
Proprioceptive responses, produced by stretch of the lateral rectus muscle, were studied in the VI nerve of twenty-one cats… 
1955
1955
The nature of vergence revealed by electromyography.
In a previous publication innervational aspects of convergence and divergence revealed by electromyography were described… 
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