superior rectus
noun(superior rectus)
rectus
superior rectus
noun(superior rectus)
any of several straight muscles (as the rectus abdominis or the rectus femoris)
superior rectus
noun(superior 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:
superior rectus
noun(superior rectus)
one that is the thinnest and narrowest and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera —called also rectus superior, superior rectus