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Oculomotor Nerve
Definition 1
The 3d cranial nerve. 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. It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation. The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 2
The third cranial nerve. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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