- oculomotor nerves
- plural noun Anatomy the pair of cranial nerves supplying muscles in and around the eyeballs.
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oculomotor nerves
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Oculomotor — Oc u*lo*mo tor, a. [Oculo + motor.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit. n. The oculomotor nerve. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Oculomotor 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 … Medical dictionary
oculomotor 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
oculomotor 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] * * * … Universalium
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