innervated by innervated_by Homo sapiens lateral rectus extra-ocular muscle http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Eyemuscles.png UMLS:C0582821 lateral extraocular muscle musculus rectus lateralis bulbi Wikipedia:Lateral_rectus_muscle lateral rectus extraocular muscle Cranial nerve VI innervated; lateral in the rectus group.[AAO] SCTID:181152008 M. rectus lateralis VHOG:0001129 lateral rectus muscle MA:0001280 lateral recti The lateral rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit. It is one of six extraocular muscles that control the movements of the eye (abduction in this case) and the only muscle innervated by the abducens nerve, cranial nerve VI. [WP,unvetted]. AAO:0010107 NCIT:C32945 ZFA:0000383 FMA:49038 lateral rectus The ability to rotate the eyeball is common to all vertebrates with well-developed eyes, regardless of the habitat in which they live, so these [extrinsic ocular] muscles tend to be conservative. They change little during the course of evolution.[well established][VHOG] TAO:0000383 UBERON:0004837 musculus rectus lateralis UBERON:0001603 posterior rectus abducens nerve rectus capitis lateralis muscle rectus extraocular muscle