Injury to which of the following structures causes constricted pupils even when room lighting is dim?
High-Yield Explanation
Postganglionic sympathetic fibers that originate from the superior cervical ganglion and innervate the dilator pupillae (radial muscles of the iris) are damaged. So the pupil remains small in a dimly lit room. Other nerves mentioned contain no sympathetic fibers, but the oculomotor nerve contains preganglionic parasympathetic fibers.