medially
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The external oblique, closest to the surface, extend inferiorly and medially, in the direction of sliding one’s four fingers into pants pockets.
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The angle of the tendon through the trochlea means that contraction of the superior oblique rotates the eye medially.
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The stereocilia extend up from the hair cells to the overlying tectorial membrane, which is attached medially to the organ of Corti.
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When the rhomboids are contracted, your scapula moves medially, which can pull the shoulder and upper limb posteriorly.
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Posteriorly in S. baudini the margins are slightly curved medially, and the greatest width of the skull is between the quadratojugal-maxillary sutures on either side of the skull.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
