abducens nerve 
Etymology: L, abducere, to take away
either of the paired sixth cranial nerves. It arises in the pons near the fourth ventricle, leaves the brainstem between the medulla oblongata and pons, and passes through the cavernous sinus and the superior orbital fissure. It controls the lateral rectus muscle, turning the eye outward. Also called abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve.
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Abducens nerve
abducens
[L.] drawing away.
abducens nerve
see abducent nerve, and Table 14.
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