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Definition of Nervus oculomotorius

1. Noun. Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye.

Medical Definition of Nervus oculomotorius

1. Responsible for motor enervation of upper eyelid muscle, extraocular muscle and pupillary muscle. Lesions of the oculomotor nerve results in ptosis (dropping eyelid), deviation of the eyeball outward, double vision and a dilated pupil. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervus Oculomotorius

Literary usage of Nervus oculomotorius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"... nervus oculomotorius. The oculomotor nerve arises in the nucleus nervi ... nervus oculomotorius."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"or basioccipital (Bridge). Occipital foramina. nervus oculomotorius. ... Inferior branch of nervus oculomotorius. Superior branch of nervus oculomotorius. ..."

3. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1901)
"Schwabe thinks that the only muscle which receives a crossed innervation by means of the nervus oculomotorius is the M. rectus superior. ..."

4. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1855)
"... ¡n opposition to Volkmann and E. Weber, concerning the supposition that the nervus oculomotorius regulates the action of the sphincter ..."

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