NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The extraocular muscles are innervated by lower motor neurons that form three cranial nerves: the abducens, the trochlear, and the oculomotor (Figure 20.3). The abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) exits the brainstem from the pons-medullary junction and innervates the lateral rectus muscle .

Detailed explanation-2: -For each eye, six muscles work together to control eye position and movement. Two extraocular muscles, the medial rectus and lateral rectus, work together to control horizontal eye movements (Figure 8.1, left).