superior oblique muscle

noun

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.

Similar
obliquus oculi superior
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Meanings

nounsuperior oblique muscle (plural superior oblique muscles)

plural superior oblique muscles · alternative superior oblique

  1. anatomyA 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.

    Synonyms: obliquus oculi superior

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
obliquus oculi superior

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上斜肌
  • 上斜肌 (shàng xié jī)muscle
Italian muscolo obliquo superiore
  • muscolo obliquo superioremuscle
Spanish musculo oblicuo superior
  • musculo oblicuo superiormuscle
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APA

superior oblique muscle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superior%20oblique%20muscle

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“superior oblique muscle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superior%20oblique%20muscle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superior oblique muscle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superior%20oblique%20muscle.

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