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superior rectus

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Noun1.superior rectus - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially
eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball


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Harley (1985) mentioned absence of a superior rectus muscle in the eye in individuals with Apert syndrome.
 
 
 
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