superior oblique

the extrinsic eye muscle that rotates the eye upward when the eye is pointing toward the nose and that contributes to upward motion (together with the superior rectus) when it contracts with the eye pointing straight ahead.

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Psychology term of the day

March 14th 2025

flight into reality

a defensive reaction in which an individual becomes overinvolved in activity and work as an unconscious means of avoiding threatening situations or painful thoughts and feelings. Compare flight from reality; flight into fantasy.