oblique muscle

collocation in English

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oblique
adjective
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/əˈbliːk/us
/oʊˈbliːk/
having a sloping direction, angle, ...
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muscle
noun
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/ˈmʌs.əl/us
/ˈmʌs.əl/
one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to ...
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(Definition ofobliqueandmusclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, the external oblique aponeurosis is split along the line of its fibers, as is the internalobliquemuscle.
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It is a continuation of the aponeurosis of the abdominal internalobliquemuscle.
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It is usually conjoint with the tendon of the abdominal internalobliquemuscle, but they may be separate as well.
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The tendon of the superiorobliquemusclepasses through it.
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This branch ascends between the internalobliquemuscleand the transversus abdominis muscle, supplying them, and anastomosing with the lumbar arteries and inferior epigastric artery.
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Theobliquemuscleof auricle is placed on the cranial surface of the pinna.
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This is due to impairment in the superiorobliquemuscleinnervated by the trochlear nerve.
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The superiorobliquemuscle, which is outside the muscle cone, is not usually paralyzed.
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The floor of the inferior lumbar triangle is the internal abdominalobliquemuscle.
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Young children adopt a compensatory head position in order to compensate for the underacting superiorobliquemuscle.
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Paradoxically, turning the eye up and in uses the inferiorobliquemuscle, and turning it down and in uses the superior oblique.
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The connecting tissue is then separated from the posterior pole, as well as the inferiorobliquemuscle.
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Anatomically, the lateral cremaster muscle originates from the internalobliquemuscle, just superior to the inguinal canal, and the middle of the inguinal ligament.
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Cases of congenital fourth nerve palsy vary in magnitude and way they affect the motion of the superiorobliquemuscle.
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The superiorobliquemuscleends in a tendon that passes through a fibrous loop, the trochlea, located anteriorly on the medial aspect of the orbit.
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It is the origin for four of the six extraocular muscles, omitting the inferiorobliquemuscleand superiorobliquemuscle.
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The superiorobliquemuscleand inferiorobliquemuscleattach at angles to the eyeball.
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This summary of the superiorobliquemuscledescribes its most important functions.
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In single strip support, the material covers the posterior pole vertically between the optic nerve and insertion of the inferiorobliquemuscle.
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It affords attachment to the inguinal falx, and to the abdominal externalobliquemuscleand pyramidalis muscle.
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