The inferior rectus muscle is located within the orbit (eye socket). It is one of six muscles that control the movements of the eye. The inferior rectus muscle moves the eyeball downward. It also ...

The superior rectus is an eye muscle, controlling the eye as it moves up. This muscle is among four muscles — including the medial rectus, lateral rectus, and the inferior rectus — which control the ...

Dr. Mark A. Matza (Medicine): An 18-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of diplopia and proptosis of the left eye. The patient had been well until approximately 33 months before this ...