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Cranial nerve, sixth: The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve. It is a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves the eye outward.
Paralysis of the abducent nerve causes inward turning of the eye (internal strabismus) leading to double vision.
The cranial nerves, the abducent nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. There are twelve cranial nerves.
The word "abducent" comes from the Latin "ab-", away from + "ducere", to draw = to draw away. The abducent (or abducens) operates the lateral rectus muscle that draws the eye toward the side of the head. The abducent nerve is also called the abducens nerve.
Cranial nerve VI, the abducens nerve, innervates the lateral rectus muscle which abducts the eye (move away from the midline). The abducens nerve emerges from the ...
Sixth cranial nerve: The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves ...
Dysfunction of the sixth cranial nerve (abducens nerve) can result from lesions occurring anywhere along its path between the sixth nucleus in the dorsal pons and the ...
The sixth cranial nerve is the most commonly affected of the ocular motor nerves. In children, it is the second most common after the fourth nerve, with an ...
Sixth cranial nerve palsy symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment information for Sixth cranial nerve palsy (Sixth nerve palsy) with alternative diagnoses ...