Structured Summary
Abstract
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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15 entry terms
- Cranial Nerve III
- Nerve III
- Nervus Oculomotorius
- Third Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve IIIs
- Cranial Nerve, Third
- Cranial Nerves, Third
- Nerve IIIs
- Nerve, Oculomotor
- Nerve, Third Cranial
- Nerves, Oculomotor
- Nerves, Third Cranial
- Oculomotor Nerves
- Oculomotorius, Nervus
- Third Cranial Nerves
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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neoplasm = OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Oculomotor Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009802. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009802
- Oculomotor Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculomotor_nerve
- Oculomotor Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223903