Anatomy
oculomotor nerve Audio
oc·u·lo·mo·tor nerve
Subclass of:
Parasympathetic Nervous System; Autonomic Pathways; Cranial Nerves
Definitions related to oculomotor nerve:
  • Cranial nerve which connects the midbrain to the extra-ocular and intra-ocular muscles.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The third cranial nerve that originates originating at the oculomotor nerve nucleus at the level of the superior colliculus in the midbrain, provides motor innervation to the levator palpebrae superioris, the superior, inferior, and medial rectus muscles, and the inferior oblique muscles, and provides parasympathetic innervation to the ciliary ganglion.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Third cranial 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; sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation; motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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