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The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oculomotor, nervus oculomotorius, third cranial nerve
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Broader terms: cranial nerve
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
動眼神經 /动眼神经
(dòngyǎn shénjīng)
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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Finnish:
silmän liikehermo
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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French:
nerf oculomoteur
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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Hungarian:
közös szemmozgató ideg
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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Japanese:
動眼神経
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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Polish:
nerw okoruchowy
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves
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Telugu:
నేత్రచాలన నాడి
(nētracālana nāḍi)
— the third of twelve paired cranial nerves