oculomotor nerve
1Oculomotor nerve — Nerve: Oculomotor nerve Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above …
2Oculomotor nerve — The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the skull, as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column). The oculomotor nerve is responsible for the nerve supply to …
3Oculomotor nerve palsy — Classification and external resources Eye nerves diagram ICD 10 H49 …
4oculomotor nerve — noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye • Syn: ↑oculomotor, ↑nervus oculomotorius, ↑third cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …
5oculomotor nerve — the third cranial nerve (III), which is composed of motor fibres distributed to muscles in and around the eye. Fibres of the parasympathetic system are responsible for altering the size of the pupil and the lens of the eye. Fibres outside the eye …
6oculomotor nerve — oculomo′tor nerve n. anat. either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, which innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball • Etymology: 1880–85 …
7oculomotor nerve — noun Date: 1881 either of the pair of chiefly motor nerves that comprise the third pair of cranial nerves, arise from the midbrain, and supply four muscles of the eye …
8oculomotor nerve — Anat. either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball. See diag. under brain. [1880 85] * * * …
9oculomotor nerve — noun The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eyes movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid …
10oculomotor nerve — /ɒkjəloʊˈmoʊtə nɜv/ (say okyuhloh mohtuh nerv) noun either of the two cranial nerves which supply most of the muscles of the eyeball …
