Cranial nerve which connects the midbrain to the extra-ocular and intra-ocular muscles.
Comment:
[homology-note] "We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000692", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.43, ISBN:978-0072528305 Kardong KV, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution (2006) p.625", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
nervus oculomotorius [iii]; oculomotor III; oculomotor III nerve; oculomotor nerve tree; third cranial nerve
broad_synonym:
3n
related_synonym:
CN-III; cranial nerve III; nerve III; nervus oculomotorius; occulomotor; oculomotor nerve or its root