Abducent synonyms
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(Physiol.) That adducts
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
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