THIRD CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does third cranial nerve mean? 

• THIRD CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun THIRD CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

  Familiarity information: THIRD CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRD CRANIAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nervus oculomotorius; oculomotor; oculomotor nerve; third cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("third cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by involvement of the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve).

(Oculomotor Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve).

(Oculomotor Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The third cranial nerve.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)