Superior branch of oculomotor nerve
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Template:Infobox Nerve Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The superior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the superior division, the smaller, passes medialward over the optic nerve.
It supplies the Superior rectus and Levator palpebrae superioris.
Additional images
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Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above.
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Nerves of the orbit, and the ciliary ganglion. Side view.
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Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure.
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Pathways in the Ciliary Ganglion.
