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oculomotor nerve
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Cranial nerve which connects the midbrain to the extra-ocular and intra-ocular muscles. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculomotor_nerve ]
Term info
Label
oculomotor nerve
Synonyms
- nervus oculomotorius
- nervus oculomotorius [III]
- oculomotor III
- oculomotor III nerve
- oculomotor nerve [III]
- oculomotor nerve tree
- third cranial nerve
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Gray776.png
external definition
Somatic efferent fibers which innervate four eye muscles.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
cranial nerve III, CN-III, occulomotor, nerve III, oculomotor nerve or its root
homology notes
We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001643
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- cranial nerve and innervates some extra-ocular muscle and innervates some intra-ocular muscle and extends_fibers_into some oculomotor nuclear complex