Definition of Inferior rectus muscle

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

Exact synonyms: Inferior Rectus, Rectus Inferior
Generic synonyms: Eye Muscle, Ocular Muscle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inferior Rectus Muscle

inferior planet
inferior pole
inferior pole of kidney
inferior pole of testis
inferior polioencephalitis
inferior posterior serratus muscle
inferior pulmonary vein
inferior quadrigeminal brachium
inferior radioulnar joint
inferior rectal artery
inferior rectal nerves
inferior rectal plexuses
inferior rectal veins
inferior rectus
inferior rectus muscle (current term)
inferior retinaculum of extensor muscles
inferior root of ansa cervicalis
inferior root of vestibulocochlear nerve
inferior sagittal sinus
inferior salivary nucleus
inferior salivatory nucleus
inferior segment of kidney
inferior segmental artery of kidney
inferior semilunar lobule
inferior strait
inferior suprarenal artery
inferior surface of cerebellar hemisphere
inferior surface of pancreas
inferior surface of petrous part of temporal bone

Literary usage of Inferior rectus muscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrations of Dissections: In a Series of Original Colored Plates the by George Viner Ellis, George Henry Ford (1882)
"V. inferior rectus muscle. W. Inferior oblique muscle. X. Internal rectus muscle. Recti muscles. The lower rectus, V (depressor oculi), and the inner rectus ..."

2. Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck by John Blair Deaver (1904)
"The inferior rectus muscle arises from the lower margin of the optic ... The inferior rectus muscle can be better studied after the dissection of the ..."

3. A Text-book of Ophthalmology by William Fisher Norris, Charles Augustus Oliver (1893)
"Paralysis of the right inferior rectus muscle. (Modified from MAUTHNER.) the crossed image of the affected eye diverging at the top. ..."

4. Atlas of Surgical & Topographical Anatomy by Bruno Jacques Béraud (1867)
"D. Section of the inferior rectus muscle whose tendon is traversed by some of the fibres of the inferior oblique muscle. IX. Aponeurotic expansion uniting ..."

5. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh by Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society (1902)
"Dr WG Sym exhibited a girl, aged 18, who suffered from SPASMODIC CONTRACTION OF THE RIGHT inferior rectus muscle. This gave double vision to the right side ..."

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