Preferred Label : abducens nerve;
MeSH definition : The 6th cranial nerve which originates in the ABDUCENS NUCLEUS of the PONS and sends
motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the EYE. Damage to the nerve or its
nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control.;
MeSH synonym : nerve vi, cranial; nerves, sixth cranial; nerve, abducens; nerve, sixth cranial; abducent nerve; cranial nerve vi; sixth cranial nerve; nerve, abducent; cranial nerve vis; sixth cranial nerves; nerve vis, cranial; abducent nerves; cranial nerve, sixth; Nerve VI; Nerve VIs; Nervus Abducens; Abducen, Nervus; Abducens, Nervus; Nervus Abducen;
CISMeF synonym : nerves, abducens; cranial nerves, sixth; abducens nerves; vi, cranial nerve; nerves, abducent; vis, cranial nerve;
MeSH annotation : neoplasms ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES (IM) CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) histological
type of neoplasm (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abducens nerve;
Origin ID : D000010;
UMLS CUI : C0000741;
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The 6th cranial nerve which originates in the ABDUCENS NUCLEUS of the PONS and sends
motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the EYE. Damage to the nerve or its
nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control.
