SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior rectus muscle mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

rectus superior; superior rectus; superior rectus muscle

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

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