lateral rectus
noun(lateral rectus)
rectus
lateral rectus
noun(lateral rectus)
any of several straight muscles (as the rectus abdominis or the rectus femoris)
lateral rectus
noun(lateral rectus)
any of four extraocular muscles of the eyeball that arise from the border of the optic foramen and run forward to insert into the sclera of the eyeball:
lateral rectus
noun(lateral rectus)
one that is the thinnest and narrowest and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera —called also rectus superior, superior rectus