Question

Oculomotor nerve is ........... cranial nerve.

• A. $3^{rd}$
• B. $4^{th}$
• C. $5^{th}$
• D. $8^{th}$

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

$3^{rd}$

Oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. This is a form of the motor nerve, that supplies to different centres along midbrain. Its functions include superiorly uplifting eyelid, superiorly rotating eyeball, constriction of the pupil on the exposure to light and operating eye muscles. So, the correct answer is option A.