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Five of the 6 muscles that move the eye attach to the sphenoid bone. When the patient turned his eyes into the left inferior cardinal field of vision, muscles throughout his body weakened. Cranial manipulation to the sphenoid (in the direction determined by cranial challenge) eliminated this finding and also removed the saccadic motion of his eyes when he looked left inferior.