1) Abducens nerve 2) Abducent 3) Abducent nerve 4) Cranial nerve 5) Nervus abducens 6) Sixth cranial nerve 
Synonym for abducent ... 1. Abducting; drawing away, especially away from the median plane. ... Synonym: abducent nerve, abducens. ... Origin: L. Abducens ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(ab-doo´sәnz) Latin word meaning carrying away from; abducent.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-dū′senz Synonyms: abducent
The Abducens (or Sixth Cranial Nerve) rises in the medulla oblongata and supplies the external rectus muscle of the eye, which draws the eyeball outward.
abducens Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.