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cranial nerve VI; abducens nerve (CN VI)

Somatic motor function (lateral rotation of eye). Efferents: abducens nucleus: 1) located in the caudal pons near the 4th ventricle 2) fibers exit anteriorly without crossing over 3) fibers originating in the abducens nucleus innervates the lateral rectus Pathology: - cranial nerve VI palsy

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abducens nucleus cranial nerve VI palsy; abducens nerve palsy

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cranial nerve

References

Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995

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