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Abducens Nerve
Cranial Nerve VI | Sixth Cranial Nerve | Abducent Nerve | Abducens Nerves | Abducent Nerves | Cranial Nerve VIs | Cranial Nerve, Sixth | Cranial Nerves, Sixth | Nerve VI, Cranial | Nerve VIs, Cranial | Nerve, Abducens | Nerve, Abducent
The 6th cranial nerve. The abducens nerve originates in the abducens nucleus of the pons and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the eye. Damage to the nerve or its nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control. |
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