Extraocular muscles
Topic: Anatomy
Created on Tuesday, July 11 2006 by
Last modified on Wednesday, December 31 1969.
A 31 year-old male spy visits you in the office, complaining of diplopia.
You note that most of the time that he is facing you and talking, he sits with his chin turned toward his left shoulder and his left eye abducted.
Based on this information alone, you suspect that there may be a paresis of which extraocular muscle?
A) Left superior oblique B) Right inferior oblique C) Right inferior rectus D) Right medial rectus E) Left oblique rectus
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A) left superior oblique
This answer is incorrect.
This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial rectus. A patient with a paresis of the left superior oblique muscle will have impaired depression and inward rotation of the left 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 right ear held close to his right shoulder. (
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B) right inferior oblique
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This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial rectus. Paresis of the right inferior oblique muscle does not present in this way. (
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C) right inferior rectus
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This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial 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. (
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D) right medial rectus
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This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial rectus. A patient with a paresis of the right medial rectus muscle will have impaired adduction of the right 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 left eye abducted. (
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E) left oblique rectus
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This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial rectus. The left oblique rectus is not a real muscle. (
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1. Ross, R.T. (1999). How to Examine the Nervous System, 3rd Edition. Appleton & Lange, Stamford, Connecticut. Pp. 45-60 | |
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Extraocular muscles
Question ID: 0000003
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Created: 07/11/2006
Modified: 12/31/1969
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