| NOUN | body | eye muscle, ocular muscle | one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball |
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| Meaning | One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball. | |
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| Synonym | ocular muscle | |
| Part of | eye, oculus, optic | The organ of sight |
| Narrower | abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis | The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward |
| inferior rectus muscle, inferior rectus, rectus inferior | The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially | |
| medial rectus muscle, medial rectus, rectus medialis | The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially | |
| superior rectus muscle, superior rectus, rectus superior | The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially | |
| Broader | muscle, musculus | One of the contractile organs of the body |
| Spanish | músculo ocular | |
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