Rectus Inferior (Noun)
Meaning
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The rectus inferior muscle is one of the six extraocular muscles that control the movement of the eye.
- Contraction of the rectus inferior muscle causes the eyeball to rotate downward and inward.
- The rectus inferior muscle is innervated by the inferior division of the oculomotor nerve.
- Damage to the rectus inferior muscle can result in an inability to move the eye downward.
- The rectus inferior muscle works in conjunction with the superior oblique muscle to rotate the eye downward and inward.