superior oblique muscle

 

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• superior oblique (ellipsis)

superior oblique muscle (plural superior oblique muscles)

1. (anatomy) A long thin extraocular muscle that arises just above the margin of the optic foramen, is inserted on the upper part of the eyeball, and moves the eye downward and laterally.

   Synonym: obliquus oculi superior

   Coordinate term: inferior oblique muscle

• “oblique, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.