What is "abducens nerve"

n. (context anatomy English) A nerve that controls the lateral rectus muscle, in the eye. (19th century.)(R:OCD2: page=1)

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

The abducens nerve or abducent nerve (the sixth cranial nerve, also called the sixth nerve or simply CNVI) is a somatic efferent nerve that, in humans, controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.