Visible Human Transverse Section Through the HeadYou selected: medial rectusContraction of the medial rectus muscle helps moves the eye to the middle, as when crossing one's eyes (adduction of the eye).The oculomotor nerve (CN III, or cranial nerve #3) innervates this muscle. In addition, CN III controls all eye muscles except the lateral rectus (also shown in this section) which is controlled by CN VI (abducens nerve), and the superior oblique muscle (not shown) which is controlled by CN IV (trochlear). eye | lens | medial rectus | lateral rectus | ethmoid sinus | sphenoid sinus | nasal septum | temporalis muscle | brain | Information Module Name: a_vm1110 Module Title: Visible Human Transverse Section Through the Head Image Info: Gross specimen, transverse section Created by: Lynn Bry Contact Email:bryl@medicine.wustl.edu Last modified: Feb 4th, 1997 Created with Annotation 1.0 |