Medial Rectus Muscle (Noun)
Meaning
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The medial rectus muscle is one of the six extraocular muscles that control the movement of the eye.
- The medial rectus muscle is innervated by the oculomotor nerve, which is the third cranial nerve.
- Contraction of the medial rectus muscle causes the eyeball to rotate inward, toward the midline of the body.
- The medial rectus muscle is the largest of the extraocular muscles and is responsible for adduction of the eye.
- Damage to the medial rectus muscle can result in esotropia, a type of strabismus in which the eye turns inward.