medial rectus

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Noun medial rectus has 1 sense

medial rectus muscle, medial rectus, rectus medialis - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially
--₁ is a kind of ocular muscle, eye muscle

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Medial Rectus

Definition:

The medial rectus is a muscle in the eye responsible for inward or adduction movement of the eyeball towards the midline.

Sample Sentences:

The medial rectus muscle contracts when we focus on nearby objects.
Damage to the medial rectus can result in an inability to look towards the nose.
The surgeon carefully operated on the medial rectus during the eye surgery.

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