Oculomotor nuclear complex
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
362457000
Oculomotor nuclear complex
Definition
Nuclear complex containing subnuclei that give rise to the axons of the occulomotor nerve, both motor and parasympathetic fibers, situated at the midline at the level of the superior colliculus in the midbrain tegmentum (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533-534).
Also known as nucleus nervi oculomotorii, nucleus of oculomotor nerve, nucleus of oculomotor nuclear complex, nucleus of third cranial nerve, oculomotor III nuclear complex, oculomotor III nucleus, oculomotor nucleus, OM, third cranial nerve nucleus — per UBERON
The Oculomotor nuclear complex is a part of the Nervous.