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.

Also identified as