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A 65-year-old woman undergoes surgical repair ...
Area labeled with letter 'A' ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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The description of symptoms (right blown pupil, difficulty in eye movement) coorespond with damage to the oculomotor nerve. In this section, letter A is labelling the oculomorot nerve.

Here is a diagram of the middle cranial fossa coronal section labelled. Here is another diagram.

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bingcentipede  Also helps to memorize the order! It's (from top to bottom) CN III, IV, V1, V2, and then VI is next to the internal carotid (C) +2



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