Suspensory ligament of eyeball

Suspensory ligament of eyeball
Suspensory ligament of eyeball
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Latin	ligamentum suspensorium bulbi
TA98	A15.2.07.005
TA2	6818
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The suspensory ligament of eyeball (or Lockwood's ligament) forms a hammock stretching below the eyeball between the medial and lateral check ligaments and enclosing the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. It is a thickening of Tenon's capsule, the dense connective tissue capsule surrounding the globe and separating it from orbital fat.^[1]

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.

^ Snell R, Lemp M (1998). Clinical Anatomy of the Eye (2nd ed.). Blackwell Science. ISBN 0-632-04344-X.
^ "Lockwood ligament" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
^ "Lockwood ligament". The Free Dictionary by Farlex.

[1] Snell R, Lemp M (1998). Clinical Anatomy of the Eye (2nd ed.). Blackwell Science. ISBN 0-632-04344-X.

[2] "Lockwood ligament" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

[3] "Lockwood ligament". The Free Dictionary by Farlex.

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