OCULOMOTOR NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oculomotor nerve mean? 

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

1. supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCULOMOTOR NERVE (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 nerve" 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 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)