English Explanatory Dictionary

lateral rectus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.

Word forms

lateral rectus lateral recti lateral rectus muscle rectus lateralis
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