| Name: | medial rectus |
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| Synonyms: | medial recti |
| Definition: | Extraocular muscle that runs parallel to the long axis of the fish and inserts on the anterior side of the eye at the sclera-corneal (SC) junction. The medial rectus lies in the same anatomical plane as the lateral rectus. The medial rectus is innervated by the oculomotor nerve. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000301] |