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Abducens Nerve Injury
(Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic; Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic)


Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating craniocerebral trauma or by facial trauma involving the orbit.

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Also called abducent nerve,
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Damage to the abducens nerve
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The abducens nerve leaves the
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Abducens nerve supplies only
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with the abducens nerve,
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The abducens nerve is part of
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of the ABDUCENS NERVE?
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of the abducens nerve in
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