Edinger-Westphal nucleus

短语

[医] 埃-韦二氏核

词形变化

Edinger-Westphal nuclei 复数 Edinger-Westphal nuclei

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The accessory parasympathetic cranial nerve nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III), supplying the constricting muscles of the iris and the ciliary muscle.

词源

Named after Ludwig Edinger, who demonstrated it in the fetus in 1885, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, who demonstrated it in the adult in 1887.

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