Superior branch of oculomotor nerve

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 280205004

Superior branch of oculomotor nerve

Definition

The superior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the superior division, the smaller, passes medialward over the optic nerve. It supplies the Superior rectus and Levator palpebrae superioris.

Also known as oculomotor nerve superior division, ramus superior (nervus oculomotorius [III]), ramus superior nervi oculomotorii, ramus superior nervus oculomotorii, superior ramus of oculomotor nerve — per UBERON

The Superior branch of oculomotor nerve is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as