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Last Update: 09/19/2024 11:53 PM

Current Deck: @Medicine::Anatomiae::Viscera::Head

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Structure
CN III (oculomotor)
Kenhub
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Description
emerges from the ventral surface of the brainstem near the midline at the caudal end of the midbrain; courses through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus and exits the middle cranial fossa by passing through the superior orbital fissure
Function
Notes
motor supply to skeletal mm.: levator palpebrae superioris, superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique; preganglionic parasympathetic to ciliary ganglion, postganglionic parasympathetic via short ciliary nn.to: ciliary m. & sphincter pupillae m.
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