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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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Tree Number(s): A08.800.050.050.650, A08.800.050.600.475, A08.800.800.060.650, A08.800.800.120.600

MeSH Unique ID: D009802

Entry Terms:

  • Nerve, Oculomotor
  • Nerves, Oculomotor
  • Oculomotor Nerves
  • Cranial Nerve III
  • Cranial Nerve IIIs
  • Third Cranial Nerve
  • Cranial Nerves, Third
  • Cranial Nerve, Third
  • Nerves, Third Cranial
  • Nerve, Third Cranial
  • Third Cranial Nerves
  • Nerve III
  • Nerve IIIs
  • Nervus Oculomotorius
  • Oculomotorius, Nervus

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