abducens nerve
1Abducens nerve — Nerve: Abducens nerve The path of the Abducens nerve …
2abducens nerve — n either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves, arise beneath the floor of the fourth ventricle, and supply the lateral rectus muscle of each eye called also abducent nerve, sixth cranial nerve * * * the sixth cranial nerves… …
3abducens nerve — noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye • Syn: ↑abducent, ↑abducent nerve, ↑abducens, ↑nervus abducens, ↑sixth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …
4abducens nerve — Anat. either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Also called abducens, abducent nerve. [1900 05] * * * …
5abducens nerve — noun Etymology: New Latin abducent , abducens, from Latin, present participle of abducere Date: 1947 either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are motor nerves supplying the rectus on the outer and lateral side of each eye called also… …
6abducens nerve — cranial nerve VI, innervating the lateral rectus eye muscle which rotates the eyeball laterally and the retractor bulbi muscles in part. See cranial nerves …
7abducens nerve — noun A nerve that controls the lateral rectus muscle, in the eye …
8abducens nerve — the sixth cranial nerve (VI), which supplies the lateral rectus muscle of each eyeball, responsible for turning the eye outwards …
9abducens nerve — ab•du′cens nerve [[t]æbˈdu sɛnz, sənz, ˈdyu [/t]] n. anat. either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye • Etymology: 1900–05 …
10abducens palsy — abducens nerve palsy paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye due to lesion of the abducens nerve, with internal strabismus and diplopia. Called also abducens paralysis and lateral rectus or sixth nerve palsy …
