oblique muscle

English

Alternative forms

oblique (ellipsis)
obliquus

Noun

oblique muscle (plural oblique muscles)

(anatomy) A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
Hyponyms: external oblique muscle, inferior oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle, obliquus capitis inferior, obliquus capitis superior, superior oblique muscle

Derived terms

internal oblique muscle

Translations

muscle

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斜肌 (zh) (xié jī)

References

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

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