oculomotor nerve

English

Noun

oculomotor nerve (plural oculomotor nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.

   Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, optic nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

Translations

the third of twelve paired cranial nerves

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動眼神經／动眼神经 (zh) (dòngyǎn shénjīng)

• Finnish: silmän liikehermo
• Hungarian: közös szemmozgató ideg (hu)

References

• “oculomotor nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “oculomotor nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.