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What is an abducent nerve?
An abducent nerve is a nerve which controls the lateral rectus muscle in the eye.
Which of the external eye muscles is controlled by cranial nerve VI?
The lateral rectus muscle is controlled by cranial nerve VI, also known as the abducens nerve. This muscle is responsible for moving the eye outward, away from the nose.
Function of abducens nerve?
The abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) controls the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, which is responsible for abducting (moving the eye away from the nose) the eye. Dysfunction of the abducens nerve can result in horizontal double vision (diplopia) and difficulty moving the affected eye laterally.
What abducts the eye?
The lateral rectus muscle, innervated by the 6th cranial nerve (the Abducens)
What cranial nerve is responsible for moving the eye laterally?
There are three cranial nerves that innervates muscle to move the eye. The main cranial nerve that controls eye movement is occulomotor nerve (CN III). It is responsible for inferior rectus, superior rectus, medial rectus, and inferior oblique. Lateral rectus muscle is innervated by abducens nerve (CN VI). Superior oblique muscle is innervated by trochlear nerve (CN III).
What is six nerve palsy of the eyes?
the 6th cranial supply the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. It allow the eyeball to turn out. if you have the nerve palsy of this nerve, your eyeball cannot be turned out.
What nerve causes lateral movement of the eye?
abducens nerve
The abducens nerve supplies the?
The abducens nerve supplies the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, which is responsible for abduction (outward movement) of the eye. This nerve is important for proper eye movement and coordination.
What nerve governs most of the extrinsic eye muscle?
Trochlear Nerve innervates Superior Oblique(extrinsic eye muscle)Oculomotor Nerve innervates Inferior Oblique, Superior Rectus, Inferior Rectus, and Medial Rectus (which are all extrinsic eye muscles) along with Ciliary Body, and the Iris (which are both intrinsic eye muscles)Abducens Nerve innervates Lateral Rectus(extrinsic eye muscle)
What Muscle rolls the eyeball downward?
Trick question! Inferior Rectus and Superior Oblique. You sneaky person you :)
What nerve causes the motion of the eye so that the motion of one eye moves the other?
The nerve that supply the motor function of the eyeballs are the occulomotor nerve (cranial nerve III), trochlear nerve (cranial nerve IV) and the abducen nerve (cranial nerve VI). All the muscle that move the eyeballs supplied by the occulomotor nerve except the lateral rectus of the eyes which is supplied by the abducen nerve and the superior oblique muscle of the eyes which is supplied by the trochlear nerve.
Trochlear nerve conveys proprioceptor impulses from the medial rectus muscle to the brain?
false....SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE
