SUPERIOR RECTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior rectus mean? 

• SUPERIOR RECTUS (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR RECTUS has 1 sense:

1. the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially

  Familiarity information: SUPERIOR RECTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR RECTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

rectus superior; superior rectus; superior rectus muscle

Hypernyms ("superior rectus" is a kind of...):

eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)

 Context examples 

The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)