Abducent
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Abducent can refer to:
- As a anatomical terms of motionAnatomical terms of motionThe movement of body structures is accomplished by the contraction of muscles. Muscles may move parts of the skeleton relatively to each other, or may move parts of internal organs relatively to each other. All such movements are classified by the directions in which the affected structures are moved...
, the term abducent is applied to a structure that is "abducting." This term is often applied to abducting away from the median plane. - The abducent nerveAbducent nerveThe abducens nerve or abducent nerve is a somatic efferent nerve that controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, in humans. In most other mammals it also innervates the musculus retractor bulbi, which can retract the eye for protection...
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