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inferior rectus muscle ThesaurusNoun | 1. | inferior rectus muscle - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and mediallyinferior rectus, rectus inferioreye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball | EncyclopediaSeemuscleinferior rectus muscle
in·fe·ri·or rec·tus mus·cle (in-fēr'ē-ŏr rek'tŭs mŭs'ĕl) Origin, inferior part of the common tendinous ring; insertion, inferior part of sclera of the eye; action, primary, depression; secondary, adduction and extorsion; nerve supply, oculomotor (inferior branch). Synonym(s): musculus rectus inferior [TA] . inferior rectus muscleExtraocular muscle. Origin: tendinous ring around optic nerve at rear of orbit. Insertion: lower edge of eyeball in front of its equator. Nerve: oculomotor (CN III). Action: turns eye down and medially. See: extraocular for illus.See also: muscleinferior rectus muscle Related to inferior rectus muscle: medial rectus muscle, Ocular musclesSynonyms for inferior rectus musclenoun the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and mediallySynonyms- inferior rectus
- rectus inferior
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