Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 2 compound words that contain rectus. The most common are listed below. Open rectus in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- inferior rectusOne of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.
- medial rectusThe broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.
- superior rectusThe thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.
- lateral rectusThe longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.
- rectus abdominisA paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen in humans and some other mammals.
- gyrus rectusa gyrus in the frontal lobe of the brain, adjacent to the longitudinal fissure
- rectus muscleA rectus, any of several straight muscles in the body.
- rectus musclesplural of rectus muscle: A rectus, any of several straight muscles in the body.
- rectus femorisA fusiform muscle, one of the four quadriceps muscles, situated in the middle of the front of the thigh.
- rectus abdominis muscleA pair of segmented skeletal muscle on the ventral aspect of a person's abdomen.
- rectus abdominis musclesplural of rectus abdominis muscle: A pair of segmented skeletal muscle on the ventral aspect of a person's abdomen.
- status rectusSynonym of governed state (Latin designation)
- casus rectusThe nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
- rectus casusAlternative form of casus rectus: The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
Compound words 2
- retrorectusThe retrorectal area
- porrectusA neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.