Suspensory ligament of eyeball
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| Latin | ligamentum suspensorium bulbi |
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| Anatomical terminology
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The suspensory ligament of eyeball (or Lockwood's ligament) forms a hammock stretching below the eyeball between the medial and lateral check ligaments and enclosing the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. It is a thickening of Tenon's capsule, the dense connective tissue capsule surrounding the globe and separating it from orbital fat.[1]
The ligament functions to support the eye,[2] and prevents downward displacement of the eyeball.
It can be considered a part of the bulbar sheath.[3]
It is named for Charles Barrett Lockwood.
References
- ↑ Snell R, Lemp, M. Clinical Anatomy of the Eye. 2nd Edition ed: Blackwell Science; 2009.
- ↑ "Lockwood ligament" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ↑ http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Lockwood's+ligament
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