The extraocular muscles work in yoked pairs,with ocular movements generated by an increase in the tone of one set of muscles and a decrease in the tone of the antagonistic muscles.Of the two muscle types,how many are represented in each eye?

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Named according to their relative position on the eyeball,the extraocular muscles of the eyeball include the four recti (the superior rectus,inferior rectus,medial rectus,and lateral rectus)and two oblique muscles (the superior oblique and inferior oblique).

The Extraocular Muscles Work in Yoked Pairs,with Ocular Movements Generated