Preferred Label : inferior branch of oculomotor nerve;
Uberon definition : The inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the inferior division, the larger,
divides into three branches. One passes beneath the optic nerve to the medial rectus.
Another, to the inferior rectus. The third and longest runs forward between the inferior
recti and lateralis to the inferior oblique. From the last a short thick branch is
given off to the lower part of the ciliary ganglion, and forms its short root. All
these branches enter the muscles on their ocular surfaces, with the exception of the
nerve to the inferior oblique, which enters the muscle at its posterior border.;
Uberon synonym : ramus inferior (nervus oculomotorius [III]); oculomotor nerve inferior division; inferior ramus of oculomotor nerve;
Uberon related term : inferior division of oculomotor nerve; ventral ramus of oculomotor nerve; ventral ramus of occulomotor nerve;
Origin ID : 0015161;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- branching part of
- innervated by
- innervates
- part of
- supplies
The inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the inferior division, the larger,
divides into three branches. One passes beneath the optic nerve to the medial rectus.
Another, to the inferior rectus. The third and longest runs forward between the inferior
recti and lateralis to the inferior oblique. From the last a short thick branch is
given off to the lower part of the ciliary ganglion, and forms its short root. All
these branches enter the muscles on their ocular surfaces, with the exception of the
nerve to the inferior oblique, which enters the muscle at its posterior border.
