Suspensory ligament of eyeball

Suspensory ligament of eyeball
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Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum suspensorium bulbi
TA	A15.2.07.005
*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]

The ligament functions to support the eye,^[2] and prevents downward displacement of the eyeball.

It can be considered a part of the bulbar sheath.^[3]

It is named for Charles Barrett Lockwood.

References

↑ Snell R, Lemp, M. Clinical Anatomy of the Eye. 2nd Edition ed: Blackwell Science; 2009.
↑ "Lockwood ligament" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
↑ http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Lockwood's+ligament

The orbit of the eye

Bones	Frontal bone Zygomatic bone Maxillary bone Sphenoid bone Ethmoid bone Palatine bone Lacrimal bone

Muscles	Superior rectus muscle Inferior rectus muscle Lateral rectus muscle Medial rectus muscle Superior oblique muscle Trochlea of superior oblique Inferior oblique muscle

Eyelid	Levator palpebrae superioris muscle Tarsus Medial palpebral ligament Epicanthic fold Meibomian gland Ciliary glands Eyelash Palpebral fissure Canthus Gland of Zeis

Lacrimal apparatus	Krause's glands Lacrimal canaliculi Lacrimal caruncle Lacrimal gland Lacrimal lake Lacrimal papilla Lacrimal punctum Lacrimal sac Nasolacrimal duct

Other	Eyebrow Conjunctiva Plica semilunaris Orbital septum Periorbita Suspensory ligament of eyeball Tenon's capsule

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