Rectus Superior (Noun)
Meaning
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The rectus superior muscle runs along the upper border of the eye socket and facilitates vertical and medial eye movement.
- Damage to the rectus superior muscle can result in limited or abnormal upward movement of the eye.
- Each eye has one rectus superior muscle that works in conjunction with other muscles to coordinate precise eye movements.
- Paralysis of the rectus superior muscle can be caused by head injuries or stroke, and may lead to impaired eye mobility.
- In order to examine the function of the rectus superior muscle, the ophthalmologist instructed the patient to look upward while the other eye was covered.