The abducens nerve or abducent nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VI, or simply CN VI, is a cranial nerve in humans and various...
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The abducens nucleus is the originating nucleus from which the abducens nerve (VI) emerges—a cranial nerve nucleus. This nucleus is located beneath the...
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Sixth nerve palsy, or abducens nerve palsy, is a disorder associated with dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (the abducens nerve), which is responsible for...
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Cranial nerves (redirect from Cerebral nerve)
trigeminal nerve (V), abducens nerve (VI), facial nerve (VII), vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII), glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), vagus nerve (X), accessory nerve (XI)...
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posterior to the cranial nerve VI (abducens nerve) and anterior to cranial nerve VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve). The facial nerve also supplies preganglionic...
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the oculomotor nerve, CN III), the trochlear nucleus (of the trochlear nerve, CN IV), and the abducens nucleus (of the abducens nerve, CN VI). It contains...
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Extraocular muscles (section Nerve supply)
independent. The oculomotor nerve (III), trochlear nerve (IV) and abducens nerve (VI) coordinate eye movement. The oculomotor nerve controls all muscles of...
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Lateral rectus muscle (section Nerve supply)
the abducens nerve (CN VI). The neuron cell bodies are located in the abducens nucleus in the pons. These neurons project axons as the abducens nerve which...
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pseudotumor cerebri, hemorrhage, edema—will affect the fourth nerve, but the abducens nerve (VI) is usually affected first (producing horizontal diplopia...
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multiple structures, including the oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, ophthalmic nerve, abducens nerve, ophthalmic veins, and sympathetic fibres from...
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the oculomotor nerve (CN III), the trochlear nerve (CN IV), and the abducens nerve (CN VI). As the name suggests, the abducens nerve is responsible for...
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neuroanatomy, the optic nerve, also known as the second cranial nerve, cranial nerve II, or simply CN II, is a paired cranial nerve that transmits visual...
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Synkinesis (section Aberrant nerve regeneration)
an interaction between the abducens nerve and a branch of the oculomotor nerve. Voluntary activation of the abducens nerve (eye abduction) causes involuntary...
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Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (category Abducens nerve)
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is the combined presence of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) and alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome (AKS [clarification needed])...
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commonly, the abducens nerve (sixth nerve) is involved. This nerve supplies the muscle that pulls the eye outward. Those with sixth nerve palsy therefore...
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nerve CN II Optic nerve CN III Oculomotor nerve CN IV Trochlear nerve (Pathetic nerve) CN V Trigeminal nerve (Dentist's nerve) CN VI Abducens nerve CN...
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bow-shaped bony enclosure at the tip of the temporal bone. It contains the abducens nerve (CN VI), inferior petrosal sinus, and the dorsal meningeal artery (a...
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Fourth nerve palsy - Trochlear nerve (IV) Sixth nerve palsy - Abducens nerve (VI) Other Trigeminal neuralgia - Trigeminal nerve (V) Facial nerve paralysis...
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nucleus (IX) Superior salivary nucleus (VII) Facial nucleus (VII) - motor Abducens nucleus (VI) - motor Trigeminal motor nucleus (V) - motor Main trigeminal...
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oculomotor nerve (III) and trochlear nerve (IV) are located in the midbrain. The nuclei of the trigeminal nerve (V), abducens nerve (VI), facial nerve (VII)...
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the trigeminal nerve (lit. triplet nerve), also known as the fifth cranial nerve, cranial nerve V, or simply CN V, is a cranial nerve responsible for...
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It extends to the foramen magnum. It is related to the pons and the abducens nerve (CN VI). The clivus is a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae...
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The oculomotor nerve, also known as the third cranial nerve, cranial nerve III, or simply CN III, is a cranial nerve that enters the orbit through the...
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The optic nerve The oculomotor nerve The trochlear nerve The trigeminal nerve The abducens nerve The facial nerve The vestibulocochlear nerve The glossopharyngeal...
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Diabetic neuropathy (redirect from Diabetic Nerve Problems)
damage (as they are closer to the vascular supply). The sixth nerve, the abducens nerve, which innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (moves...
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glossopharyngeal nerve (/ˌɡlɒsoʊfəˈrɪn(d)ʒiəl, -ˌfærənˈdʒiːəl/), also known as the ninth cranial nerve, cranial nerve IX, or simply CN IX, is a cranial nerve that...
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ventricle and the trigeminal nerve (CN V), abducens nerve (CN VI), facial nerve (CN VII), and a portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII). The metencephalon...
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conditions giving rise to an esotropia might include a sixth cranial nerve (or abducens nerve) palsy, Duane's syndrome or orbital injury. Someone with esotropia...
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The vagus nerve (/ˈveɪ.ɡəs/), also known as the tenth cranial nerve, cranial nerve X, or simply CN X, is a cranial nerve that carries sensory fibers that...
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Duane syndrome (category Abducens nerve)
cases the abducens nucleus and nerve are absent or hypoplastic, and the lateral rectus muscle is innervated by a branch of the oculomotor nerve. This view...
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