Inferior branch of oculomotor nerve
Ramus inferior nervi oculomotorii
- Related terms: Inferior branch; Oculomotor nerve [III]: Inferior branch
Definition
The inferior ramus of the oculomotor nerve [III], the larger, divides into three branches. One passes beneath the optic nerve to the Rectus medialis; another, to the Rectus inferior; the third and longest runs forward between the Recti inferior and lateralis to the Obliquus inferior. From the last a short thick branch is given off to the lower part of the ciliary ganglion, and forms its short root.
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