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Superior oblique inferior oblique lateral rectus medial rectus superior rectus inferior rectus ciliary body ciliary muscle. These muscles work to move the eye up and down side to side and to rotate the eye. Axial Muscles Of The Head Neck And Back Anatomy And Physiology Eye Anatomy Muscle Anatomy Anatomy And Physiology The extrinsic eye muscles differ from front-eyed mammals ie. . Four of these muscles run more or less straight from their origins in the posterior portion of the orbit to their insertion sites on the eye to attach to the four quad-rants of the eyeball. They act to control the movements of the eyeball and the superior eyelid. The superior oblique depresses the eye and. The actions of the six muscles responsible for eye movement depend on the position of the eye at the time of muscle contraction. Extraocular muscles are also referred to as the extrinsic arising externally or muscles of the orbit. This article w...