See Also: nucleus of oculomotor nerve(medicine)
oculomotor nucleus(medicine)
Accessory oculomotor nucleus(health)
oculomotor nerve(medicine)
oculomotor nerve paralysis(medicine)
sulcus of the oculomotor nerve(medicine)
inferior branch of oculomotor nerve(medicine)
superior branch of the oculomotor nerve(medicine)
nucleus of trochlear nerve(medicine)
nucleus of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)

memorable (iou) and nucleus of oculomotor nerve (medicine)


memorable (iou)



memorable adjective & noun. LME.
[French memorable or Latin memorabilis, from memorare: see MEMORANDUM, -ABLE.]
A. adjective. Worthy of remembrance or note, worth remembering, not to be forgotten; able to be remembered, easy to remember. LME.
J. Ruskin The easily memorable root 'dab', short for dabble. R. Scruton Our century is memorable for nothing so much as its violence. E. Feinstein Was there anything special about you? I don't remember a single memorable thing.
b. noun. In pl. = MEMORABILIA 1. Now rare. E17.
memora'bility noun M17.
memorableness noun E18.
memorably adverb in a memorable manner; so as to be remembered: M18.

nucleus of oculomotor nerve (medicine)


nucleus of oculomotor nerve -->
oculomotor nucleus


The composite group of motor neurons innervating all of the external eye muscles except the musculus rectus lateralis and musculus obliquus superior, and including the musculus levator palpebrae superioris; the most rostral component of the nucleus is the Edinger-Westphal nucleus which innervates the musculi sphincter pupillae and ciliaris via the ciliary ganglion. The oculomotor nucleus lies in the rostral half of the midbrain, near the midline in the most ventral part of the central gray substance; fibres of the medial longitudinal fasciculus form its lateral borders.

Synonym: nucleus nervi oculomotorii, nucleus of oculomotor nerve.