Oculomotor

Word OCULOMOTOR
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Hyphenation oc u lo mo tor
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Definitions and meanings of "Oculomotor"

What do we mean by oculomotor?

Of or relating to movements of the eyeball. adjective

Of or relating to the oculomotor nerve. adjective

Moving the eyeball: applied to the third cranial nerve, which supplies the muscles moving the eyeball, except the superior oblique and external rectus.

The oculomotor nerve. See I. noun

Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit. adjective

Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball adjective

Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye noun

Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball.

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The word "oculomotor" in example sentences

Instead, the auditory nerve receptor lies quite close to something called the oculomotor nerve nucleus. ❋ Kate Braestrup (2010)

The superior division of the oculomotor is the highest of these; beneath this lies the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic; then the inferior division of the oculomotor; and the abducent lowest of all. ❋ Unknown (1918)

And there are glimpses of Bryan as he struggles with oculomotor nerve palsy and must do daily eye exercises. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Complete "locked-in syndrome," which is sometimes characterized as "living eyes in a dead body" and was the condition described by Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, [1] is identified by tetraplegia (the paralysis of all four limbs), paralytic mutism (an inability to speak), the oculomotor deviation known as lateral gaze palsy, and the inability to breathe unaided. ❋ Didion, Joan (2005)

Anderson22 observed the following: after degenerative division of the oculomotor nerve, light stimulation was for a long time without effect, regardless of whether the eye had been eserinized or not. ❋ Unknown (1965)

This assumption would be necessary, because, after oculomotor nerve degeneration, the effector organs, corpus ciliare and iris do not degenerate, and yet the ❋ Unknown (1965)

Today, when we know that oculomotor stimulation releases AC. Ch., the action of eserine is revealed as being simply to increase the effect of the Ac.Ch. by inhibiting that of the esterase, and Anderson's results become absolutely clear. ❋ Unknown (1965)

At this moment, as could be shown, a weak regeneration of the oculomotor nerve had begun. ❋ Unknown (1965)

The first investigation on this point also came from my Institute, from Engelhart16, who was able to prove the release of Ac.Ch. as a result of stimulation of the oculomotor nerve. ❋ Unknown (1965)

With the start of regeneration of the oculomotor nerve the Ac.Ch. appears again, but in too small quantities to cause miosis with light stimulus alone, i.e. without the increased activity provided by eserine. ❋ Unknown (1965)

With direct Ac.Ch. determination he found that after degeneration of the oculomotor nerve in corpus ciliare and iris, the Ac.Ch., present in considerable quantities in preserved nerves, completely disappears. ❋ Unknown (1965)

The influence of the oculomotor nerve degeneration must, in that case, only extend to the mysterious transmission system. ❋ Unknown (1965)

Whereas the olfactory and optic nerves are sensory and the oculomotor and trochlear nerves are motor; the trigeminal nerve is a mixed nerve, containing both sensory and motor fibers, each attached to the pons by a separate structure. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

In the cavernous sinus (Fig. 786), the oculomotor, trochlear, and ophthalmic nerves are placed in the lateral wall of the sinus, in the order given, from above downward. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The oculomotor, trochlear, ophthalmic, and abducent nerves bear certain relations to each other in the cavernous sinus, at the superior orbital fissure, and in the cavity of the orbit, as follows: 4 ❋ Unknown (1918)

The superior division of the oculomotor nerve lies immediately beneath the Rectus superior, while the nasociliary nerve crosses the optic nerve to reach the medial wall of the orbit. ❋ Unknown (1918)

As these nerves pass forward to the superior orbital fissure, the oculomotor and ophthalmic divide into branches, and the abducent nerve approaches the others; so that their relative positions are considerably changed. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Below the optic nerve are the inferior division of the oculomotor, and the abducent, the latter lying on the medial surface of the Rectus lateralis. ❋ Unknown (1918)

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