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Definition of Superior rectus
1. Noun. The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially.
Definition of Superior rectus
1. Noun. A muscle in the orbit of the eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superior Rectus
Literary usage of Superior rectus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The superior rectus, the thinnest and narrowest of the four Recti. arises from
the upper margin of the optic foramen beneath the Levator ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"In movements upward the superior rectus, acting alone, would in -Bi Fig. 157.—"
Diagram showing for the left eye the paths of the line of sight caused by ..."
3. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Rectus inferior and internus with obliquus superior. Rectus superior and externus
with obliquus inferior. Rectus inferior and externus with obliquus ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... is attached above the superior orbital fissure upon the lateral side of the
optic foramen, where its origin becomes continuous with the superior rectus. ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The tendon is reflected backward, outward, and downward beneath the Superior
rectus to the outer part of the globe of the eye, and is inserted into the ..."
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