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superior branch of oculomotor nerve

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The superior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the superior division, the smaller, passes medialward over the optic nerve. It supplies the Superior rectus and Levator palpebrae superioris. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_branch_of_oculomotor_nerve ]

Term info

Label

superior branch of oculomotor nerve

Synonyms
  • oculomotor nerve superior division
  • ramus superior (nervus oculomotorius [III])
  • ramus superior nervi oculomotorii
  • ramus superior nervus oculomotorii
  • superior ramus of oculomotor nerve
database cross reference
latin term
ramus superior nervus oculomotorii [ FMA : 52572 FMA : TA ]

has related synonym

dorsal ramus of occulomotor nerve, dorsal ramus of oculomotor nerve, superior division of oculomotor nerve

id

UBERON:0015162