Abducent Synonyms and Antonyms
abdo͝osənt, əbdo͝osənt abdyo͝osənt, əbdyo͝osənt; əbdo͝osənt
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Synonyms for Abducent
especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
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.
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
Antonyms for Abducent
(Physiol.) That adducts
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