ABDUCENS

abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

(noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

abducens (plural abducentes)

(anatomy) 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.]

Synonym: sixth nerve

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