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SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sixth cranial nerve mean? 

SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eyeplay

  Familiarity information: SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

abducens; abducens nerve; abducent; abducent nerve; nervus abducens; sixth cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("sixth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)


 Context examples 


A disorder characterized by involvement of the abducens nerve (sixth cranial nerve).

(Abducens Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the abducens nerve (sixth cranial nerve).

(Abducens Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The sixth cranial nerve.

(Abducens Nerve, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)



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