Abducens nucleus
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
280165008
Abducens nucleus
Definition
Nucleus located beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle in the pontine tegmentum, containing motor neurons innervating the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 533).
Also known as abducens motor nuclei, abducens motor nucleus, abducens nerve nucleus, abducens VI nucleus, abducent nucleus, motor nucleus VI, nucleus nervi abducentis, nucleus of abducens nerve, nucleus of abducens nerve (VI), nVI, sixth cranial nerve nucleus — per UBERON
The Abducens nucleus is a part of the Nervous.