| Name: | cranial nerve III |
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| Synonyms: | CN-III, occulomotor, oculomotor nerve |
| Definition: | Cranial nerve which innervates muscles of the ocular motor system. The oculomotor nerve innervates the inferior oblique, inferior rectus, medial rectus and superior rectus extraocular muscles. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000405] |
| Name: | axon |
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| Definition: | The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030424] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | defasciculated |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's in which bundles of aligned anatomical fibers have become separated. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001959] |