Check ligaments of lateral rectus
A ligamentous structure that connects a muscle of the eye onto the zygomatic bone tubercle of the lateral wall. The ligaments counteract (check) the action of other muscles they are attached to which if left alone would displace the eyeball from the eye socket.
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