RECTUS (recti)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: recti   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rectus mean? 

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

1. any of various straight muscles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various straight muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter rectus.

(Campylobacter rectus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any of the muscles of the abdomen that comprise the abdominal wall; these muscles include the rectus abdominis, the external and internal oblique muscles, the transversus abdominis, and the quadratus abdominis.

(Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

IGF-1R/AS ODN pre-treated glioma cells encapsulated in small Lucite diffusion chambers are implanted into a subcutaneous pocket in the patient's abdominal rectus sheath.

(IGF-1R Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide-treated Autologous Glioma Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

C. rectus, formerly known as Wolinella recta, is a periodontal pathogen causing chronic periodontitis and extraoral abscesses and has been associated with causing intrauterine fetal growth retardation.

(Campylobacter rectus, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

A cranial nerve that supplies motor impulses to the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.

(Abducens Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle, which pulls the eye in an outward direction.

(Divergent Strabismus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The abducens nerve originates in the abducens nucleus of the pons and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the eye.

(Abducens Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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)