title: Development of the connective tissue of the extraocular muscles and clinical significance.
abstract: Mesectodern is an accurate term to describe the cellular origin of the connective tissue of the eye other than the eye muscles and vascular endothelium. The present study demonstrates that the tendons of origin and insertion, as well as the belly of the extraocular muscle, develops at the same time.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sevel
mesh_terms: D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000196:embryology*; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000196:embryology; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000196:embryology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000196:embryology