Eyeball
Bulbus oculi
Forms an image on the retina and turns to follow what it is looking at.
- System
- eye
- Region
- Head
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Orbit, cushioned by fat and held by the extraocular muscles.
- Action
- Forms an image on the retina and turns to follow what it is looking at.
- Nerve
- Optic nerve for sight; oculomotor, trochlear and abducens for the muscles.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Eyeball
- Latin (NAV)
- Bulbus oculi
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria