Abstract
The oculomotor nerve or the third cranial nerve (CN III) arises from the ventral aspect of the mesencephalon. Its anatomical course, function, pathology and clinical syndromes are described.
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Chen, K.S., Blitz, A.M., Agarwal, N. (2018). Cranial Nerve III: Oculomotor. In: Agarwal, N., Port, J. (eds) Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57427-1_14
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