Anatomy
oculomotor nucleus
oc·u·lo·mo·tor nu·cle·us [ ok-yuh-loh-moh-ter noo-klee-uhs, nyoo- ]
Subclass of:
Tegmentum Mesencephali
Definitions related to oculomotor nucleus:
  • (oculomotor nuclei) Somatic motor nucleus in the midbrain whose fibers enter the oculomotor nerve to supply the levator palpebrae muscle and all the extraocular eye muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus muscles.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A collection of neurons of cranial nerve III located in the rostral half of the midbrain at the level of the superior colliculus, which contain somatic efferent motor neurons that innervate all the extraocular muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (oculomotor nuclear complex) A collection of nuclei in the midbrain tegmentum for the OCULOMOTOR NERVE fibers.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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