See Also: fifth cranial nerve(medicine)
cranial nerve II(medicine)
cranial nerve III(medicine)
cranial nerve IV(medicine)
cranial nerve IX(medicine)
cranial nerve V(medicine)
second cranial nerve(medicine)
cranial nerve VI(medicine)
cranial nerve VII(medicine)
cranial nerve X(medicine)

Cranial nerve III (health) and Hypodontia (medicine)


Cranial nerve III (health)


The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. There are twelve cranial nerves.





Hypodontia (medicine)


hypodontia


A condition of having fewer than the normal complement of teeth, either congenital or acquired.

Synonym: oligodontia, partial anodontia.

Origin: hypo-+ G. Odous, tooth