Abducens synonyms

ăb-do͝o'sənz, -dyo͝o'-

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.

abducens-nerve

(Anatomy) A nerve that controls the lateral rectus muscle, in the eye. [19th century.]

nervus abducens

a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

sixth cranial nerve

a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

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