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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
Related
abducens nucleus
cranial nerve VI palsy; abducens nerve palsy
General
cranial nerve
References
Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen
Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995
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