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== Description == | == Description == | ||
The abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). It is one 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).<ref>Nguyen V, Reddy V, Varacallo M. Neuroanatomy, cranial nerve 6 (abducens). StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Aug 11.</ref> | The abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). It is one 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).<ref>Nguyen V, Reddy V, Varacallo M. Neuroanatomy, cranial nerve 6 (abducens). StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Aug 11.</ref>It has a purely somatic motor function – providing innervation to the lateral rectus muscle. | ||
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The abducens nerve arises from the abducens nucleus in the pons of the brainstem. | |||
== Function == | == Function == |
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Description[edit | edit source]
The abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). It is one 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).[1]It has a purely somatic motor function – providing innervation to the lateral rectus muscle.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The abducens nerve arises from the abducens nucleus in the pons of the brainstem.
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- ↑ Nguyen V, Reddy V, Varacallo M. Neuroanatomy, cranial nerve 6 (abducens). StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Aug 11.