Abstract
Congenital variations of extraocular muscles are rare. We report a double-bellied superior rectus muscle, observed in an adult male cadaver aged 70 years. The superior rectus muscle had two equal-sized bellies, which took separate origins from the common tendinous ring and united to form a common belly 1 cm before the insertion. Due to the duplication, the muscle extended laterally beyond the levator palpebrae superioris. Both its bellies were supplied by oculomotor nerve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on doubling of the belly of the superior rectus muscle.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 713-715 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01-06-2019 |
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- Anatomy
- Surgery
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Double-bellied superior rectus muscle. / Nayak, Satheesha B.; Shetty, Surekha D.; Kumar, Naveen; Aithal, Ashwini P.
In: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, Vol. 41, No. 6, 01.06.2019, p. 713-715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Double-bellied superior rectus muscle
AU - Nayak, Satheesha B.
AU - Shetty, Surekha D.
AU - Kumar, Naveen
AU - Aithal, Ashwini P.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Congenital variations of extraocular muscles are rare. We report a double-bellied superior rectus muscle, observed in an adult male cadaver aged 70 years. The superior rectus muscle had two equal-sized bellies, which took separate origins from the common tendinous ring and united to form a common belly 1 cm before the insertion. Due to the duplication, the muscle extended laterally beyond the levator palpebrae superioris. Both its bellies were supplied by oculomotor nerve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on doubling of the belly of the superior rectus muscle.
AB - Congenital variations of extraocular muscles are rare. We report a double-bellied superior rectus muscle, observed in an adult male cadaver aged 70 years. The superior rectus muscle had two equal-sized bellies, which took separate origins from the common tendinous ring and united to form a common belly 1 cm before the insertion. Due to the duplication, the muscle extended laterally beyond the levator palpebrae superioris. Both its bellies were supplied by oculomotor nerve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on doubling of the belly of the superior rectus muscle.
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VL - 41
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JO - Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
JF - Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
SN - 0930-1038
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