third cranial nerve

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   supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

   Synonymsoculomotoroculomotor nervenervus oculomotorius

   Broadercranial nerve

Questions about third cranial nerve

What does third cranial nerve mean?

third cranial nerve means "supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye".

What is another word for third cranial nerve?

Close synonyms include oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, nervus oculomotorius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.