Heuser M
Fortschr Med. 1979 Dec 20;97(48):2235-8.
Ophthalmomimic is the interaction between the extraocular eye muscles and the mimic muscles. Beside their original phylogenetic assisting function in looking and hearing, the ophthalmomimic muscles now serve in psychological communication: The play with the white of the eye ball can be interpreted as devotion ("to turn a blind eye to"); attention ("to be all eyes"); caution ("to have small eyes and to prick up one's ears"). Further on are examined function and innervation of the involuntary M. retro-auricularis (M. transversus auriculae) of the external ear, so far neglected. Practical diagnostic use could be shown, among others, in early ocular forms of myasthenic syndromes and by the help of the oculoauricular phenomenon for the differentiation between nuclear and peripheral-distal pareses of the abducens nerve.
眼肌模仿是眼球外肌与表情肌之间的相互作用。除了它们在视觉和听觉方面原有的系统发育辅助功能外，眼肌模仿肌现在还用于心理交流：眼球白色部分的活动可被解释为专注（“视而不见”）、关注（“全神贯注”）、谨慎（“眯起眼睛竖起耳朵”）。此外，还研究了外耳非自主耳后肌（耳廓横肌）的功能和神经支配，而这一肌肉迄今为止一直被忽视。除其他外，在早期眼肌型重症肌无力综合征中以及借助眼耳现象来区分展神经核性和周围远端性麻痹时，可显示出其实际诊断用途。
