Abducens nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Abducens nucleus |
Innervates | Lateral rectus muscle |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervus abducens |
MeSH | D000010 |
NeuroNames | 550 |
TA98 | A14.2.01.098 |
TA2 | 6283 |
FMA | 50867 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
Cranial nerves |
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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.