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The oculomotor nerve, also known as cranial nerve III, arises from the midbrain, specifically from the ventral aspect near the interpeduncular fossa. It emerges between the cerebral peduncles and then travels through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus to innervate several eye muscles and control pupil constriction.

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