Abducent nerve

ABDUCENT NERVE (MOTOR)

  • This is a motor nerve.
  • It arises just behind the pons, lateral to the inferior pyramid of the medulla.
  • It passes forward across the pons, pierces the dura and accompanies the nerves in the cavernous sinus.
  • It leaves the cranium through the foramen orbitorotundum reaches the orbit and supplies the lateral rectus and retractor oculi.

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