💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Third cranial nerve"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nervus oculomotoriusnoun | supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye |
| oculomotor | (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball. |
| oculomotor nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) 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. |
| trigeminal nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth. |
| phrenic nervenoun | (anatomy) A nerve that arises mainly from the fourth cervical nerve and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium. |
| facial nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces. |
| trochlear nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers. |
| abducens nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye. |
| vestibulocochlear nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, transmitting sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the organs of hearing and balance in the inner ear to the brain. |
| hypoglossal nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates. |
| brain stemnoun | (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain. |
| craniocerebralnoun | (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the skull and the brain |
| thoracic nervenoun | any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord |
| glossopharyngeal nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland. |
| spinal nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Any of the 31 paired nerves that originate from the spinal cord. |
| auditory nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Synonym of vestibulocochlear nerve. |
| brainstemnoun | Alternative spelling of brain stem. [(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.] |
| cervical nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) One of the spinal nerves of the cervical region of which there are eight on each side in most mammals including humans. |
| occipital lobenoun | (anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head. |
| trigeminalnoun | (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of trigeminal nerve. [(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.] |
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