abducens nerve
Also known as nervus abducens, abducent nerve, cranial nerve VI, sixth cranial nerve, sixth nerve, CN VI
cranial nerve controlling the movement of the lateral rectus muscle
Key facts
- From
- Abducens nucleus
- Innervates
- Lateral rectus muscle
- Latin
- nervus abducens
- Mesh
- D000010
- Ta98
- A14.2.01.098
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
4,779 papers- Abducens Nerve Schwannoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.World neurosurgery · 2019
- The Abducens Nerve: Anatomy and Pathology.Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR · 2022
- Cranial nerve VI palsy (Abducens nerve).Disease-a-month : DM · 2021
- Sympathizing With the Abducens Nerve.Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus · 2021
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Article
The abducens nerve or abducent nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VI, or simply CN VI, is a cranial nerve in humans and various other animals that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, one of the extraocular muscles responsible for outward gaze. It is a somatic efferent nerve.
Structure