Items tagged “oculomotor nerve”
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Ciliary muscle
The ciliary muscle (TA: musculus ciliaris) is located within the ciliary body of the eye. It acts to facilitate lens accommodation for near vision, and receives parasympathetic innervation from short ciliary nerves, arising from the oculomotor nerve via the ciliary ganglion.
Gross anatomy
The ...
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Orbital apex syndrome
Orbital apex syndrome, also known as Jacod syndrome, is a constellation of clinical findings, presenting as a result of several potential pathologies that compress or otherwise affect structures passing through the orbital apex.
Clinical presentation
Presentation is according to the structures...