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This ligament is responsible for maintaining and supporting the position of the eyeball in its normal upward and forward position within the orbit, and prevents downward displacement of the eyeball. [2] It can be considered a part of the bulbar sheath. [3] It is named for Charles Barrett Lockwood.
Charles Barrett Lockwood described a thickening of the lower part of Tenon's capsule, which he named the suspensory ligament of the eye. It is slung like a hammock below the eyeball, being expanded in the center, and narrow at its extremities which are attached to the zygomatic and lacrimal bones respectively.
The "Lockwood's suspensory ligament" of the eye is named after him. This structure is the thickened area of contact between Tenon's capsule and the sheaths of the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles. This ligament is responsible for maintaining the position of the eyeball in its normal upward and forward position within the orbit.
A security guard was at the Monkey Junction store early Sunday informing customers that the store in southern New Hanover County is closed, and told the StarNews that the sheriff's office is ...
Alma Paz, wife of Mark Paz, spoke to a crowd gathered outside of the Monkey Junction Walmart on Saturday. A vigil was held to honor Mark, who was tragically killed in a shooting at the store on ...
The zonule of Zinn is split into two layers: a thin layer, which lies near the hyaloid fossa, and a thicker layer, which is a collection of zonular fibers.Together, the fibers are known as the suspensory ligament of the lens. [4]
Monkey Junction is an unincorporated area near Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, in New Hanover County at the intersection of College Road and Carolina Beach Road . It is one of several centers of recent commercial and residential growth near Wilmington. [ 1 ]
At short focal distance the ciliary muscle contracts, stretching the ciliary body and relieving some of the tension on the suspensory ligaments, allowing the elastic lens to become more spherical, increasing refractive power. Changing focus to an object at a greater distance requires a thinner less curved lens.