oculomotor
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of oculomotor
Example Sentences
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For example, the oculomotor nerve controls the opening and closing of the eyelid and some eye movements.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The pupillary light reflex involves sensory input through the optic nerve and motor response through the oculomotor nerve to the ciliary ganglion, which projects to the circular fibers of the iris.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
To keep the stimulus in focus, the eye also needs to change the shape of the lens, which is controlled through the parasympathetic fibers of the oculomotor nerve.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
All of the other muscles are innervated by the oculomotor nerve, as is the levator palpebrae superioris.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
One side of a card might read, “Show me, sir, the lesions of Horner’s syndrome & oculomotor nerve paralysis. And what the divvil’s an Argyll Robertson pupil?”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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