Suspensory ligament of eyeball

The Lockwood 's ligament is a part of the complex suspension, holding and passive locomotor system of the eye within the eye socket (orbit ). It consists of the lower parts of the retaining straps ( retinacula bulbi), the lower part of the ring band of Tenon's capsule, the ligamentum palpebrae and the membrana intermuscularis in the lower eye muscles. It is almost like a " hammock " in which the eyeball rests and also serves, supported by medial and lateral Hemmbändern ( check ligaments ), whose balance and stable position.

Tearing the ligaments, for example in the context of head trauma, as this can lead to squint (strabismus ). Even with the fibers of the orbital floor Lockwood 's ligament are commonly affected.

The Lockwood 's ligament is named after the British surgeon and anatomist Charles Barrett Lockwood ( born September 23, 1856 † November 8, 1914 ).