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Which one of the follwing cranial nerves...

Which one of the follwing cranial nerves is carrying the nerve fibres originating from the Edinger-Westphal nucleus

A

Oculomotor

B

Trochlear

C

Abducens

D

Vagus

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A
The parasympathetic nerve cells belong to the occulomotor nerve (the third cranial nerve) occupying a special region of the nucleus in the mid brain called the Edinger – Westphal nucleus : The fibres have a relay point in the cililary ganglion in the eye socket.
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