oculomotor

American  

[ok-yuh-loh-moh-ter] / ˌɒk yə loʊˈmoʊ tər /

adjective

1. moving or tending to move the eyeball.

   an oculomotor muscle.

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oculomotor British  

/ ˌɒkjʊləʊˈməʊtə /

adjective

1. relating to or causing eye movements

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Etymology

Origin of oculomotor

First recorded in 1880–85; oculo- + motor

Example Sentences

For example, the oculomotor nerve controls the opening and closing of the eyelid and some eye movements.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

All of the other muscles are innervated by the oculomotor nerve, as is the levator palpebrae superioris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The lateral rectus is controlled by neurons of the abducens nucleus in the superior medulla, whereas the medial rectus is controlled by neurons in the oculomotor nucleus of the midbrain.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If light levels are too high, the parasympathetic system sends a signal out from the Eddinger–Westphal nucleus through the oculomotor nerve.

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