oculomotor nerve
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English
Noun
oculomotor nerve (plural oculomotor nerves)
- (neuroanatomy) The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.
Translations
the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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References
- “oculomotor nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “oculomotor nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.