Common tendon ring


Anulus tendineus communis (Zinni)is a circular common tendon of the oculomotor muscles located at the top of the orbit and surrounding the canalis opticus and partly the fissura orbitalis superior. All orbital oculomotor muscles begin here, with the exception of m. obliquus inferior. Above the rectus superior m. levator palpebrae superioris.

Contents

Through the common ring tendon the n. optic, a. ophthalmic, both branches of n. oculomotor, n. abducens and n. nasociliary.

References

  • RADOMÍR, Čihák. Anatomie 3 : Třetí, upravené a doplněné vydání. - edition. Grada Publishing, a.s., 2016. 832 pp. ISBN 9788024756363.