superior rectus muscle

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Related to superior rectus muscle: lateral rectus muscle, medial rectus muscle, medial rectus, Ocular muscles

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superior rectus muscle - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially

rectus superior, superior rectus

eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball

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Notice compression of the superior rectus muscle (black arrow).

Low-grade sinonasal sarcoma with neural and myogenic features

Besides, it is said that the subnuclei of the superior rectus muscle control the contralateral side [11].

A Case of Progressive Stroke on Posterior Circulation with Transient Bilateral Oculomotor Palsy

Spierer, "Evaluation of superior rectus muscle attachment following hang-back recession in rabbit eyes," European Journal of Ophthalmology, vol.

Medial Rectus Tendon Elongation with Bovine Pericard (Tutopatch[R]) in Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: A Long-Term Follow-Up including Oculodynamic MRI

Due to the proximity of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle to the superior rectus muscle, Naik et al.

Use of botulinum neurotoxin in ophthalmology

Fukuhara et al .[sup][4] and Surov et al .[sup][5] described one and three intramuscular lymphomas, respectively; they were located in the rectus (one in the superior rectus muscle, two in the lateral rectus muscle, and one in the medial rectus muscle).

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of Extraocular Muscle Lymphoma in Five Cases