Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Drawing away; pulling aside. In anatomy, specifically applied
- n. That which abducts; an abducens.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
- adj. (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- n. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
Examples
“At the anterior end of the nucleus of the abducent nerve they make a second bend, and run downward and forward through the pons to their point of emergence between the olive and the inferior peduncle.”
“They first pass backward and medialward toward the rhomboid fossa, and, reaching the posterior end of the nucleus of the abducent nerve, run upward close to the middle line beneath the colliculus fasciculus.”
“The sella turcica is bounded posteriorly by a quadrilateral plate of bone, the dorsum sellæ, the upper angles of which are surmounted by the posterior clinoid processes: these afford attachment to the tentorium cerebelli, and below each is a notch for the abducent nerve.”
“This portion of the artery is surrounded by filaments of the sympathetic nerve, and on its lateral side is the abducent nerve.”
“It transmits to the orbital cavity the oculomotor, the trochlear, the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal, and the abducent nerves, some filaments from the cavernous plexus of the sympathetic, and the orbital branch of the middle meningeal artery; and from the orbital cavity a recurrent branch from the lacrimal artery to the dura mater, and the ophthalmic veins.”
“The branch of communication with the oculomotor nerve joins that nerve at its point of division; the branch to the trochlear nerve joins it as it lies on the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus; other filaments are connected with the under surface of the ophthalmic nerve; and a second filament joins the abducent nerve.”
IX. Neurology. 7a. The Cephalic Portion of the Sympathetic System
“The communicating branches with the abducent nerve consist of one or two filaments which join that nerve as it lies upon the lateral side of the internal carotid artery.”
IX. Neurology. 7a. The Cephalic Portion of the Sympathetic System
“The internal carotid plexus communicates with the semilunar ganglion, the abducent nerve, and the sphenopalatine ganglion; it distributes filaments to the wall of the carotid artery, and also communicates with the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.”
IX. Neurology. 7a. The Cephalic Portion of the Sympathetic System
“It communicates with the oculomotor, the trochlear, the ophthalmic and the abducent nerves, and with the ciliary ganglion, and distributes filaments to the wall of the internal carotid artery.”
IX. Neurology. 7a. The Cephalic Portion of the Sympathetic System
“To the former set belong the oculomotor, trochlear, abducent, and hypoglossal nerves; to the latter, the accessory and the motor fibers of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus nerves (Figs. 659, 660).”
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