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30 paź 2023 · The abducens (or abducent) nerve is the sixth paired cranial nerve (CN VI). Along with the oculomotor nerve (CN III) and the trochlear nerve (CN IV), it is a purely motor nerve responsible for controlling movement of the eyeball.
13 mar 2019 · The abducens nerve is the sixth paired cranial nerve. It has a purely somatic motor function – providing innervation to the lateral rectus muscle. In this article, we shall look at the anatomy of the abducens nerve – its anatomical course, motor functions and clinical relevance.
21 lis 2022 · Cranial nerve six (CN VI), also known as the abducens nerve, is 1 of the nerves responsible for the extraocular motor functions of the eye, along with the oculomotor nerve (CN III) and the trochlear nerve (CN IV).
The abducens nerve or abducent nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VI, or simply CN VI, is a cranial nerve in humans and various other animals that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, one of the extraocular muscles responsible for outward gaze.
The abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). It is, along with the oculomotor nerve (CN III) and the trochlear nerve (CN IV), responsible for the extraocular motor functions of the eye. It has a purely somatic motor function.
10 kwi 2019 · Cranial nerve VI is the abducens nerve. To ‘abduce’ is to move away from the midline, and CN VI innervates the muscle of the eye involved in this movement. It is a somatic motor cranial nerve with a nucleus deep within the pontomedullary junction that emerges anteriorly from the brainstem.
1 paź 2022 · The abducens are the sixth cranial nerves and innervate the lateral rectus muscles. Based on the location of an abnormality, other neurologic structures may be involved with the disorders related to this nerve.
