Oculomotor Nerve

Synonyms

Cranial Nerve III

Cranial Nerve IIIs

Cranial Nerve, Third

Cranial Nerves, Third

Nerve III

Nerve IIIs

Nerve, Oculomotor

Nerve, Third Cranial

Nerves, Oculomotor

Nerves, Third Cranial

Nervus Oculomotorius

Oculomotor Nerves

Oculomotorius, Nervus

Third Cranial Nerve

Third Cranial Nerves

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.