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abducens

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ab·du·cens  (b-dsnz, -dy-)
n. pl. ab·du·cen·tes (bd-sntz, -dy-)
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.
[From Latin abdcns, present participle of abdcere, to take away; see abduct.]
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Noun1.abducens - a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eyeabducens - a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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