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abducens

abducens \abducens\ n. 1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.

Syn: abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

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abducens

n. (context anatomy English) The abducens nerve: the nerve in humans and most animals that governs the motion of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. (Early 19th century.)(R:SOED5: page=3)

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abducens

n. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: abducent, abducent nerve, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]

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First the cranial nerves: olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, fa­cial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal, and hypoglossal.