Superior branch of oculomotor nerve

Nerve: Superior branch of oculomotor nerve

Plan of oculomotor nerve. (Superior branch visible at top.)
Latin	ramus superior nervi oculomotorii
Gray's	subject #198 884
Innervates	Superior rectus, Levator palpebrae superioris
From	oculomotor nerve
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12692191

The superior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the superior division, the smaller, passes medialward over the optic nerve.

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Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above.

Nerves of the orbit, and the ciliary ganglion. Side view.

Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure.

Pathways in the Ciliary Ganglion.

v • d • e

superior branch (parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion/ciliary ganglion) - inferior branch

no significant branches

no significant branches

near origin	nervus intermedius • geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal (pterygopalatine ganglion) - nerve to the stapedius - chorda tympani (lingual nerve, submandibular ganglion)

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular - suprahyoid (digastric, stylohyoid) - parotid plexus (temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	tympanic (tympanic plexus, lesser petrosal, otic ganglion) • stylopharyngeal branch • pharyngeal branches • tonsillar branches • lingual branches • carotid sinus

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch - auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch (pharyngeal plexus) - superior laryngeal (external, internal) - recurrent laryngeal (inferior) - superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac - pulmonary - vagal trunks (anterior, posterior)

abdomen	celiac - renal - hepatic - anterior gastric - posterior gastric