OCULOMOTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oculomotor mean? 

• OCULOMOTOR (noun)
  The noun OCULOMOTOR has 1 sense:

1. supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

  Familiarity information: OCULOMOTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCULOMOTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nervus oculomotorius; oculomotor; oculomotor nerve; third cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("oculomotor" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by involvement of the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve).

(Oculomotor Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve).

(Oculomotor Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The midbrain contains the cerebral peduncles, oculomotor, trochlear and red nuclei, substantia nigra and various other nuclei and tracts.

(Mesencephalon, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)