Extraocular muscles
Topic: Anatomy
Created on Tuesday, July 11 2006 by
Last modified on Wednesday, December 31 1969.
A 23 year-old male ape collecter visits you in the Emergency Department, 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) Right superior rectus B) Left inferior rectus C) Right lateral rectus D) Right medial rectus E) Left superior rectus
This question was created on July 11, 2006 by .
This question was last modified on December 31, 1969.
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
A) right superior 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 superior rectus muscle will have impaired elevation and inward rotation of the right eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin raised, with his head extended and tilted toward his left shouder. (
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B) left 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 left inferior rectus muscle will have impaired depression and outward rotation of the left 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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C) right lateral 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 lateral rectus muscle will have impaired adbuction of the right eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin turned toward his right shoulder and his left eye adducted. (
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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 superior rectus
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This presentation is typical of a paresis of the right medial rectus. A patient with a paresis of the left superior rectus muscle will have impaired elevation and inward rotation of the left eye, and is likely to try to minimize his diplopia by looking at the world with his chin raised, with his head extended and tilted toward his right shouder. (
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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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Extraocular muscles
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Created: 07/11/2006
Modified: 12/31/1969
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