The abducens nerve or abducent nerve (the sixth cranial nerve, also called the sixth nerve or simply CNVI) is a somatic efferent nerve that, in humans, controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. ==Structure== The abducens nerve leaves the brainstem at the junction of the pons and the medulla, medial to the faci...
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(from the article `nervous system, human`) From its nucleus in the caudal pons, the abducens nerve exits the brainstem at the pons-medulla junction, pierces the dura mater, passes through the ... Compression of the oculomotor, trochlear, or abducens nerves may be caused by lesions, diabetes, vascular disease, head injury, infection, or ...
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Abducens nerve. Credit: Yale University School of Medicine Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, which supply one of the eye muscles. The abducens nerve innervates the lateral rectus muscle (responsible for lateral gaze, i.e. moving the eyeball outwards) of the ipsilateral orbit. The ab...
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<anatomy, nerve> The 6th cranial nerve. The abducens nerve originates in the abducens nucleus of the pons and sends motor fibres to the lateral rectus muscles of the eye. Damage to the nerve or its nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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abducent nerve.
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Type: Term Synonyms: abducent nerve [CN VI]
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either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Also called
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