Abducens Nerve
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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. It innervates the lateral rectus muscle an extraocular muscle.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The abducens nerve arises from the abducens nucleus in the pons of the brainstem.[2]
Function[edit | edit source]
Motor[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nguyen V, Reddy V, Varacallo M. Neuroanatomy, cranial nerve 6 (abducens). StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Aug 11.
- ↑ Radhakrishnan N. The Abducens Nerve (CN VI). Available from:https://teachmeanatomy.info/head/cranial-nerves/abducens-nerve/.
