oculomotor
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of oculomotor
Example Sentences
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Along these two tracts, the hypothalamus can influence the Eddinger–Westphal nucleus of the oculomotor complex or the lateral horns of the thoracic spinal cord.
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The oculomotor, facial, and glossopharyngeal nerves contain fibers that contact autonomic ganglia.
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The information is sent to the abducens nuclei and oculomotor nuclei on either side to coordinate the lateral and medial rectus muscles.
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All of the other muscles are innervated by the oculomotor nerve, as is the levator palpebrae superioris.
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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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