The actions of the superior oblique muscle, also known as the external eye muscle, are controlled by the fourth cranial nerve. The superior oblique muscle is located in the back of the eye socket.

The trochlear nerve is one of six cranial nerves that carry electrical impulses from the brain to the eye. It controls the movements of the superior oblique muscle, which helps your eye move down ...

Purpose To establish the contemporary aetiology of adult superior oblique palsy (SOP ... SOP presenting to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, a regional neuro-ophthalmology centre, between ...

The fourth cranial nerve travels from the brain stem to a muscle on the surface of the eye, called the superior oblique muscle. The nerve sends impulses to the muscle, which controls the downward ...

“This is a variant of canine tooth syndrome that results from damage to the trochlear and superior oblique tendon due to dog bites around the eye,” the case report stated. The trochlea and ...

Hypertropic eye was accorded with exotropic eye in ... Bielschowsky head tilt test also manifest, which resembles superior oblique muscle palsy (SOP). The amount of hypertropia is variable.

The superior oblique muscle is underdeveloped and the ... it is less common in congenital cases. Eye exercises and treatment of underlying reasons, such as oral or local injections of ...

In this study, Thu Pham, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute ... medical records of 16 patients diagnosed with superior oblique myokymia — a movement disorder causing patients ...