oculomotor nerve

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.

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oculomotor nerve British  

noun

1. the third cranial nerve, which supplies most of the eye muscles

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Etymology

Origin of oculomotor nerve

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The nerve that controlled the eyelid, called the oculomotor nerve, was the third in this column.

From New York Times