Talk:Superior oblique muscle

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[edit] Actions of the superior oblique

The first paragraph states that a prevalent error found in many clinical texts is that the, "superior oblique moves the eye down and medially (adducts)". This is untrue. Checking several major texts (Kumar and Clark 6E, Davidson's 20E, Macleod's 11E and the Oxford Textbook of Medicine 4E), none of them explicitly state that the action of the superior oblique is adduction. The referenced article is poor as it involved misinterpretation of clinical texts which correctly state that examination of CNIV requires adducting the eye and looking down, reasons for which are explained in the article. The authors took this as the stating that the action of the superior oblique was to adduct, which is of course incorrect. I will edit the article to reflect this if there are no objections, as I am sure it is confusing hundreds of medical students. Matt641 (talk) 02:34, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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The picture is incorrct in that it states that the action is down and OUT, but it should be down and IN, toward the nose. It is correct in the firs paragraph of this article. There is no edit available or I would have fixed the pict. Thanks. Lesions of the trochlea cause the eye to go up and out due to the other muscles still working and having tention.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by LittleSucker (talk • contribs) 03:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC).

The SO's secondary actions are down and out; I have made the appropriate change to the first paragraph. With a fouth-nerve palsy, the affected eye in primary gaze usually goes up (not necessarily in or out). -AED 04:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Printable version looks bad

The printable version of this page looks really bad with the picture box dominating the layout. (When viewed in Firefox 2.0.0.9) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.10.60.85 (talk) 09:31, 6 November 2007 (UTC)