HyperDic: rectus_superior

English > 1 sense of the expression rectus superior:
NOUNbodyrectus superior, superior rectus muscle, superior rectusthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially
English > rectus superior: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially.
Synonymssuperior rectus muscle, superior rectus
Broaderocular muscle, eye muscleOne of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
Spanishmúsculo recto superior, recto superior
Catalanmúscul recte superior de l'ull

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