Nervous system & sense organs
Abducens nerve (VI)
Nervus abducens (VI)
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Cranial nerves
DescriptionUnreviewed
The abducens nerve (or abducent nerve) is the sixth cranial nerve (CNVI), in humans, that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, responsible for outward gaze.
It is a somatic efferent nerve.
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Names
- Latin
- Nervus abducens (VI)
- English
- Abducens nerve (VI)
- French
- Nerf abducens (VI)
- Spanish
- Nervio abducens (VI)
- Portuguese
- Nervo abducente (VI)