Sentence examples for inferior rectus from inspiring English sources
noun
A muscle in the orbit of the eye.
Upward movements are carried out by the combined actions of the superior rectus and the inferior oblique muscles, and downward movements by the inferior rectus and the superior oblique.
This inferior palpebral muscle is so directly fused with the sheaths of the ocular muscles that it provides cooperative action, opening of the lid on downward gaze being mediated, in effect, mainly by the inferior rectus.
The oblique muscles are strictly antagonistic to each other, but they work with the vertical rectus muscles in so far as the superior rectus and inferior oblique both tend to elevate the gaze and the inferior rectus and superior oblique both tend to depress the gaze.
b Patient with thyroid orbitopathy disease presented thickened muscles like the inferior rectus muscle (red asterisks).
To report 6 patients with spontaneous orbital hemorrhage in relation to the inferior rectus muscle.
The inferior division supplies the medial and inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, as well as the parasympathetic fibers to the sphincter pupillae and ciliary muscles.
The nerves controlling the actions of the muscles are the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves, with their bodies (nuclei) in the brainstem; the third, or oculomotor nerve, controls the superior and inferior recti, the medial rectus, and inferior oblique; the fourth cranial nerve, the trochlear nerve, controls the superior oblique; and the sixth, the abducens nerve, controls the lateral rectus.
The surgical management performed on individuals with CFEOM in this study can be summarized as follows[ 40]: an Inferior Recti Muscles recession was generally performed (II:2, II:4, III:1, III:2, III:3, III:5, III:7).
An isolated fracture of the orbital floor needs reconstruction if there is a clear herniation of adipose tissue or of the rectus inferior muscle into the maxillary sinus.
Thyroid ophthalmopathy causes bilateral inflammation of the extra-ocular muscles, commonly involves the inferior and medial rectus muscles, often spares the myo-tendinous junctions, and is associated with elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone levels.
Thyroid eye disease is typically bilateral, retracted eyelids, and has more involvement of the inferior and medial rectus while sparing tendonous insertions and appearing spindle shaped on imaging [ 10, 23].
