Morphology of the extra-ocular muscles ( musculi bulbi ) of the American Staffordshire Terrier during the perinatal period

Abstract

The study was carried out on 12 American Staffordshire Terriers (AST) each of 60 days’ gestation. A morphological analysis of the extra-ocular muscles was performed. The location of the rectus and oblique muscles and the retractor bulbi muscle is described. The length and breadth of these muscles as well as of their tendons, the distance between the final insertions of the tendons and the corneal limbus and the line of insertions is also given.