ocular muscle
Noun
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One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball (synset 105323725)
subtypes:
- abducens muscle, lateral rectus, lateral rectus muscle, rectus lateralis - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
- inferior rectus, inferior rectus muscle, rectus inferior - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially
- medial rectus, medial rectus muscle, rectus medialis - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially
- rectus superior, superior rectus, superior rectus muscle - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially
same as: eye muscle
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