What Is the Abducens Nerve?
The abductor nerve refers to the 6th pair of brain nerves and belongs to the motor nerve.
- Chinese name
- Abducent nerve
- Location
- 6th pair of brain nerves
- Genus
- Motor nerve
- Types of
- Nerve nucleus
- The abductor nerve refers to the 6th pair of brain nerves and belongs to the motor nerve.
- It belongs to the motor nerve. The fibers originate from the abductor nucleus of the pontine, exit the brain on both sides of the midline of the bridge extension groove, go forward through the supraorbital fissure into the orbit, and control the external rectus muscle of the eye. When this nerve is damaged, the affected eye cannot turn outward and esotropia occurs.