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

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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
The abducens nerve: microanatomic and endoscopic study.Neurosurgery · 2007

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Commons category: Nervus abducens
alternative name: nerf moteur oculaire externe
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12665

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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.

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