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Superior rectus muscle: Clinical significance, Structure & Function

The superior rectus muscle is one of the extraocular muscles located in the orbit. It is innervated by the superior division of the oculomotor nerve (III). In the primary position (looking straight ahead), its primary function is elevation, although it also contributes to intorsion and adduction. It is associated with a number of medical conditions, and…

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Superior rectus muscle topic overview

The analysis highlights Clinical significance, Structure and Function as prominent areas in the source structure around Superior rectus muscle.

Related topics
22
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
26
Extracted relationships
25
Related term clusters
17
Bridge connections
26

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Clinical significance · 8 topics
Structure · 6 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Function · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
Elevation, adduction, intorsion
FMA
49035
Insertion
7.9 mm superior to the corneal limbus
Latin
musculus rectus superior bulbi
Nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Origin
Annulus of Zinn at the orbital apex

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Superior rectus muscle
5Extraocular muscles · Orbit (anatomy) · Innervation
3Annulus of Zinn · Eye · Corneal limbus
3Elevation (kinesiology) · Adduction · Incyclotorsion

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Overview

Structure

Function

Clinical significance

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Superior rectus muscle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Superior rectus muscle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Superior rectus muscle → Deep, Extrinsic, Nerves, Superior Another extracted example is Superior rectus muscle → CT, Much, Obstruction. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Superior rectus muscle

Top relations

related to Additional images · 4
Superior rectus muscle → Deep, Extrinsic, Nerves, Superior
related to Exophthalmos · 3
Superior rectus muscle → CT, Much, Obstruction
related to Overreaction · 3
Superior rectus muscle → Local, Treatment, Weakness
is a · 2
Superior rectus muscle → only muscle that is capable of elevating the eye when it is in a fully abducted position, only muscle that is capable of elevating the eye when it is in a fully abducted position.ExophthalmosMuch of the venous drainage of the orbit and the extraocular muscles passes…
Actions · 1
Superior rectus muscle → Elevation, adduction, intorsion
FMA · 1
Superior rectus muscle → 49035
Insertion · 1
Superior rectus muscle → 7.9 mm superior to the corneal limbus
Latin · 1
Superior rectus muscle → musculus rectus superior bulbi
Nerve · 1
Superior rectus muscle → Oculomotor nerve
Origin · 1
Superior rectus muscle → Annulus of Zinn at the orbital apex

Important terminology

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Important terminology

muscle rectus superior eye may nerve oculomotor extrinsic nerves orbita deep dissection congenitally mm elevation lateral extraocular muscles iii absent

Superior rectus muscle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 25 structured relationships around Superior rectus muscle. Examples in this analysis include Superior rectus muscle → Actions → Elevation, adduction, intorsion and Superior rectus muscle → FMA → 49035. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Superior rectus muscleActionsElevation, adduction, intorsion1.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleFMA490351.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleInsertion7.9 mm superior to the corneal limbus1.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleLatinmusculus rectus superior bulbi1.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleNerveOculomotor nerve1.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleOriginAnnulus of Zinn at the orbital apex1.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleTA220421.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleTA98A15.2.07.0101.00infobox
Superior rectus muscleis aonly muscle that is capable of elevating the eye when it is in a fully abducted position.ExophthalmosMuch of the venous drainage of the orbit and the extraocular muscles passes…0.90text
Superior rectus muscleis aonly muscle that is capable of elevating the eye when it is in a fully abducted position0.90text
Superior rectus musclerelated to AbsenceApert0.60section
Superior rectus musclerelated to Additional imagesSuperior0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Superior rectus muscle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Superior, Muscle and Rectus. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Superior rectus muscle
    • Superior
    • Muscle
    • Rectus
    • May
    • Eye
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Medial
    • Extraocular
    • Lateral
    • Muscles
    • Weakness
  • superior rectus muscle
    • Superior
    • Muscle
    • Rectus
    • Eye
    • May
    • Lateral
    • Extrinsic
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Medial
    • Extraocular
    • Muscles
  • medial rectus muscle
    • Superior
    • Muscle
    • Rectus
    • Lateral
    • Eye
    • May
    • Extrinsic
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Surgery
    • Mm
  • lateral rectus muscle
    • Superior
    • Muscle
    • Rectus
    • Medial
    • Eye
    • May
    • Lateral
    • Extrinsic
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Limbus
    • Muscles
  • inferior rectus muscle
    • Superior
    • Muscle
    • Rectus
    • Eye
    • May
    • Lateral
    • Extrinsic
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Extraocular
    • Medial
    • Muscles
  • oculomotor nerve
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Superior
    • Rectus
    • Adduction
    • Elevation
    • Exophthalmos
    • Function
    • Intorsion
    • Paralysed
    • Showing
    • Weakness
  • eye surgery
    • Muscle
    • Extrinsic
    • Superior
    • May
    • Rectus
    • Medial
    • Lateral
    • Showing
    • Eye
    • Surgery
    • Function
    • Position
  • elevation
    • Adduction
    • Intorsion
    • Function
    • Position
    • Corneal
    • Insertion
    • Limbus
    • Mm
    • Nerve
    • Oculomotor
    • Superior
    • Rectus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Superior rectus muscle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Superior rectus muscle with Clinical significance. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Superior rectus muscle — Clinical significance · splits 18 ⟂ 9
Superior rectus muscle — Structure · splits 20 ⟂ 7
Superior rectus muscle — Overview · splits 21 ⟂ 6
Superior rectus muscle — Function · splits 23 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Superior rectus muscle

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples25
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Superior rectus muscle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Clinical significance, Structure & Function, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Superior rectus muscle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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