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abducens nerve

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Cranial nerve that runs to the eye muscles. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abducens_nerve https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 ]

Synonyms: nervus abducens [VI] abducens nerve tree sixth cranial nerve lateral rectus nerve abducens VI nerve nervus abducens abducens nerve [VI] abducent nerve [VI]

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
nervus abducens [VI] [ FMA:50867 FMA:TA ]

abbreviation
6n [ BIRNLEX:876 NIFSTD:NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

depicted by

Abducens:nerve1.png

external definition

Somatic motor nerve which bifurcates innervating m. rectus lateralis and m. retractor bulbi (eye muscles).[AAO]

has related synonym

CN-VI

nerve VI

abducents VI nerve

abducent nerve

nervus abducens

abducens nerve/root

cranial nerve VI

homology notes

We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001646

taxon notes

Homologous abducens nerves are found in all vertebrates except lampreys and hagfishes.[WP] It controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, in humans. In most other mammals it also innervates the musculus retractor bulbi, which can retract the eye for protection