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1. (n.) oculomotor nerve
either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, which innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
Etymology: (1880–85)
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1. (noun) oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, nervus oculomotorius, third cranial nerve
supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
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1. oculomotor nerve
The 3d cranial nerve. The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation. The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.
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