oblique muscle

English

Alternative forms

• oblique (ellipsis)
• obliquus

Noun

oblique muscle (plural oblique muscles)

1. (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.