Abducens nerve
either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
historical examples
both are supplied by the abducens nerve, together with the rectus externus muscle.
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noun
either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves, which supply the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
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