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Extraocular muscles

Topic: Anatomy

Created on Tuesday, July 11 2006 by

Last modified on Wednesday, December 31 1969.

A 43 year-old male police officer visits you in the Lincoln bedroom in the White House, complaining of diplopia.
You note that most of the time that he is facing you and talking, he sits with his chin held down with no extraordinary tilting of his head.
Based on this information alone, you suspect that there may be a paresis of which extraocular muscle?

A) Right oblique rectus

B) Left lateral rectus

C) Right inferior rectus

D) Left oblique rectus

E) Right superior oblique

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This question was created on July 11, 2006 by .
This question was last modified on December 31, 1969.

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

A) right oblique rectus

This answer is incorrect.

This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right inferior rectus. The right oblique rectus is not a real muscle. (See References)


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B) left lateral rectus

This answer is incorrect.

This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right inferior rectus. A patient with a paresis of the left lateral rectus muscle will have impaired adbuction of the left eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin turned toward his left shoulder and his right eye adducted. (See References)


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C) right inferior rectus

This answer is correct.

This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right inferior rectus. A patient with a paresis of the right inferior rectus muscle will have impaired depression and outward rotation of the right eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin held down with no extraordinary tilting of his head. (See References)


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D) left oblique rectus

This answer is incorrect.

This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right inferior rectus. The left oblique rectus is not a real muscle. (See References)


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E) right superior oblique

This answer is incorrect.

This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right inferior rectus. A patient with a paresis of the right superior oblique muscle will have impaired depression and inward rotation of the right eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin held down and his head tilted and turned with his left ear held close to his left shoulder. (See References)


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References:

1. Ross, R.T. (1999). How to Examine the Nervous System, 3rd Edition. Appleton & Lange, Stamford, Connecticut. Pp. 45-60


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anatomy
Extraocular muscles
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