Rectus Lateralis (Noun)
Meaning
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The superior branch of the oculomotor nerve innervates the rectus medialis, inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles but not the rectus lateralis.
- Extraocular muscles including the rectus lateralis allow the movement of the eye.
- The rectus lateralis muscle was paralyzed, the eye would drift inward toward the nose.
- Damage to the rectus lateralis or its innervation can lead to impaired ability to abduct the eye.
- This section describes the rectus lateralis muscles that move eyeball in different directions.