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| a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat |
| one of the two organs in the back of the abdominal cavity that excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolytes, and act as endocrine glands |
| oculomotor nerve | |
| —n | |
| the third cranial nerve, which supplies most of the eye muscles | |
oculomotor nerve n.
A nerve originating in the midbrain below the cerebral aqueduct, supplying all the extrinsic muscles of the eye except the lateral rectus and the superior oblique muscles, and supplying the elevator muscle of the upper eyelid, the ciliary muscle, and the sphincter muscle of the pupil. Also called third cranial nerve.