abducens nerve

American

noun

Anatomy.

either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.

abducens nerve British

/ æbˈdjuːsənz /

noun

either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, which supply the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

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Etymology

Origin of abducens nerve

First recorded in 1900–05

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Both are supplied by the abducens nerve, together with the rectus externus muscle.

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The olfactory, optic, oculo-motor, pathetic, ophthalmic division of the trigeminal, and the abducens nerves are all liable to be implicated.

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