abducent nerve

American  

noun

1. Anatomy. either of two cranial nerves controlling sideways movement of the eye muscles.

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abducent nerve Scientific  

/ ăb-do̅o̅′sənt /

1. The sixth cranial nerve, one of a pair of small motor nerves supplying the eye muscles that control lateral movement. It originates in the pons of the brain, passes through a large venous space known as the cavernous sinus, and enters the orbit of the eye.

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