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medial rectus

medial rectus noun: the broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.

Noun

medial rectus (plural medial recti)

  1. The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.

Forms of medial rectus

pluralmedial recti
alternative formmedial rectus muscle
alternative formrectus medialis

Questions about medial rectus

What does medial rectus mean?
Medial rectus means the broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.
What part of speech is medial rectus?
Medial rectus is a noun.
What is the plural of medial rectus?
The plural of medial rectus is medial recti.

Words near medial rectus in the dictionary

  1. medial palpebral artery
  2. medial pterygoid muscle
  3. medial pterygoid nerve
  4. medial pterygoid plate
  5. medial recti
  6. medial rectus
  7. medial s
  8. medial s's
  9. medial slang
  10. medialect
  11. medialects

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