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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
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

abbreviation
3n [ BIRNLEX : 1646 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
nervus oculomotorius [III] [ FMA : 50864 FMA : TA ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Gray776.png

external definition

Somatic efferent fibers which innervate four eye muscles.[AAO]

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