| Abducens nerve | |
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 The path of the abducens nerve | |
 Inferior view of the human brain, with the cranial nerves labelled. | |
| 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.