Abducens nerve - Wikipedia 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
Abducens Nerve: What It Is, Function, Location Conditions The abducens nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI), is a nerve that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye This muscle moves your eye to the outside, meaning it moves your left eye to the left and your right eye to the right
Abducens Nerve Palsy - EyeWiki Abducens (sixth cranial) nerve palsy is the most common ocular motor paralysis in adults and the second-most common in children The abducens nerve controls the lateral rectus muscle, which abducts the eye
Anatomy and Function of Abducens Nerve - Verywell Health The abducens nerve helps your eyes move side to side so you can look left or right Damage to the abducens nerve can cause your eye to droop inward, resulting in lazy eye or double vision
12. 5G: Abducens (VI) Nerve - Medicine LibreTexts The abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) is a somatic efferent nerve that, in humans, controls the movement of a single muscle: the lateral rectus muscle of the eye that moves the eye horizontally
The Abducens Nerve: Anatomy and Pathology - ScienceDirect The abducens is a purely motor nerve responsible for innervation of the lateral rectus muscles, therefore the abduction of the eye globes Its nucleus is located on the dorsal surface of the pons The nerve exits the brainstem at the pontomedullary junction and crosses the prepontine cistern