CN III (Oculomotor) (para)

Question 1

Preganglionic cell bodies are located in what nucleus?

Answer 1

accessory oculomotor nucleus

Question 2

where is the oculomotor nucleus found

Answer 2

found in the midbrain (peri-aqueductal gray)

Question 3

the oculomotor follows the path of what?

Answer 3

of oculomotor into the orbit

Question 4

after following its path into the orbit where does it synapse

Answer 4

in the ciliary ganglion

Question 5

postganglionic axons carried in what nerves enter the eyeball and supply two muscles

Answer 5

short ciliary nerves

Question 6

upon entering the eyeball what two muscles does the oculomotor nerve innervate?

Answer 6

ciliary muscle and the sphincter pupillae

Question 7

The ciliary muscle will constrict causing the crystalline lens to become more convex focusing on objects where?

Answer 7

focus on closer objects

Question 8

when the Sphincter pupillae muscle constricts what happens to the pupil?

Answer 8

pupil will decreases in size

Question 9

sphincter pupillae will constrict to what stimulation

Answer 9

to light entering the pupil