INFERIOR RECTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior rectus mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFERIOR RECTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

inferior rectus; inferior rectus muscle; rectus inferior

Hypernyms ("inferior 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 

It is caused by the inadvertent scarring down of the middle portion of the inferior oblique muscle at or near the insertion of the inferior rectus muscle.

(Adherence Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

An artery arising from the third portion of the maxillary artery at the trunk and running along the infraorbital canal with the superior maxillary nerve to supply the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, lacrimal gland, the upper teeth, and parts of the nose and orbit.

(Infraorbital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)