| oculomotor nerve n. Either of the third pair of cranial nerves, which originate in the midbrain and control most of the muscles that move the eyeballs. |
oculomotor nerve
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the third cranial nerve, which supplies most of the eye muscles
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| Noun | 1. |  oculomotor nerve - supplies extrinsic muscles of the eyecranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |
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