ROTATOR

(Lat.), n. m. Rot(ro2t)-at(a3t)'o2r; in Eng., rot'atO2r. Gen., -or'is. From rotare. to revolve. Fr., rotatmr. Ger., Dreher. A muscle that rotates the part or organ to which it is attached. [L.] R. auris long us et brevis. See SCUTO-AURICULAR IS intern us. R'es (dors i) breves. Those of the r'es spinse that are inserted into the lower border of the lamina of the vertebra above, [a, 34.] R'es (dors i) long i. Muscular fibres which extend between the upper margin of a transverse proce and the base of the spinotis proce of an adjacent dorsal vertebra. [L, 31.] R'esoculi. The oblique muscles of the eye. [F.] R. htimeri. See COR A COB RACHIAL IS superior. R. mallei. See TENSOR tympani. R's of the thigh. Lat., rotatores femoris. Ger., Rollmuskeln des Oberschenkels. The muscles that rotate the thigh inward (the anterior fibres of the glutseus minimus and of the gluteeus medius) or outward (the glutaeus maximus. ilio-psp as, obturator extern us, gemelli, pyriform is, and quadratus femoris). R'es spinee. Fr., rotateurs du dos. Eleven small muscular slips which extend from the upper and posterior portion of a dorsal vertebra to the lower border of the lamina of the vertebra above. [L, 31, 172, 332.] R. triceps femoris. See MARSUPIAL IS. [s. 417]