abducens nerve
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Abducens nerve — Nerve: Abducens nerve The path of the Abducens nerve … Wikipedia
abducens nerve — n either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves, arise beneath the floor of the fourth ventricle, and supply the lateral rectus muscle of each eye called also abducent nerve, sixth cranial nerve * * * the sixth cranial nerves… … Medical dictionary
abducens nerve — noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye • Syn: ↑abducent, ↑abducent nerve, ↑abducens, ↑nervus abducens, ↑sixth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve … Useful english dictionary
abducens nerve — noun Etymology: New Latin abducent , abducens, from Latin, present participle of abducere Date: 1947 either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are motor nerves supplying the rectus on the outer and lateral side of each eye called also… … New Collegiate Dictionary
abducens nerve — cranial nerve VI, innervating the lateral rectus eye muscle which rotates the eyeball laterally and the retractor bulbi muscles in part. See cranial nerves … Dictionary of ichthyology
abducens nerve — noun A nerve that controls the lateral rectus muscle, in the eye … Wiktionary
abducens nerve — the sixth cranial nerve (VI), which supplies the lateral rectus muscle of each eyeball, responsible for turning the eye outwards … The new mediacal dictionary
abducens nerve — ab•du′cens nerve [[t]æbˈdu sɛnz, sənz, ˈdyu [/t]] n. anat. either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye • Etymology: 1900–05 … From formal English to slang
abducens palsy — abducens nerve palsy paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye due to lesion of the abducens nerve, with internal strabismus and diplopia. Called also abducens paralysis and lateral rectus or sixth nerve palsy … Medical dictionary
Abducens nucleus — Brain: Abducens nucleus The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. The olfactory and optic centers are not represented. (Abducens nucleus is VI) Latin nucleus nervi abducentis Gray s … Wikipedia
