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abducens nerve
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
/ æˈːəԳ /
noun
- either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, which supply the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abducens nerve1
First recorded in 1900–05
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abducens nerve1
see abducent
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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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