Abducens nerve

The abducens nerve or abducent nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VI, or simply CN VI, is a cranial nerve in humans and various other animals that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, one of the extraocular muscles responsible for outward gaze. It is a somatic efferent nerve.

Abducens nerve
The path of the abducens nerve
Inferior view of the human brain, with the cranial nerves labelled.
Details
Fromabducens nucleus
Innervateslateral rectus muscle
Identifiers
Latinnervus abducens
MeSHD000010
NeuroNames550
TA98A14.2.01.098
TA26283
FMA50867
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
Cranial nerves
  • CN 0 – Terminal
  • CN I – Olfactory
  • CN II – Optic
  • CN III – Oculomotor
  • CN IV – Trochlear
  • CN V – Trigeminal
  • CN VI – Abducens
  • CN VII – Facial
  • CN VIII – Vestibulocochlear
  • CN IX – Glossopharyngeal
  • CN X – Vagus
  • CN XI – Accessory
  • CN XII – Hypoglossal
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