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Definition of Rectus
1. Noun. Any of various straight muscles.
Definition of Rectus
1. n. A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Definition of Rectus
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rectus
1. a straight muscle [n -TI]
Medical Definition of Rectus
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Origin: NL, fr. L. Regere to keep straight.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectus
Literary usage of Rectus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"rectus, 'straight' (F.) Droit. A term, used in anatomy for ports that pursue a
straight ... Capitis anticus longus, R. o. interims major. rectus CAPITIS ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"At left, anterior sheath of rectus split; sutures in place. At right, Bassini
sutures tied; cord displaced upward. hernia, in which the rectus muscle was ..."
3. Anatomical Names: Especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA") by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"M. obliquus colli inferior et superior, Luschka— 46:63 — rectus externus
oculi—96:68 — rectus femoris—48:78 = Straight muscle of thigh —• rectus femoris ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1883)
"In moving the eye diagonally upwards and inwards, the vertical meridian being
inclined inwards, the superior rectus is chiefly associated with the internal ..."
5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"it somewhat inwards, to the nasal side; but this is corrected if the oblique
muscles act at the same time; and it is found that the rectus superior acting ..."
6. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Superior rectus and inferior oblique. (Upwards and to Superior rectus, internal
rectus ... Downwards and to Inferior rectus, internal rectus and nasal side. ..."
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