Term: cranial nerve VI motor neuron
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Name: cranial nerve VI
Synonyms: abducens nerve, CN-VI, nervus abducens
Definition: Cranial nerve which exits the medulla oblongata and controls the lateral movement of the eye. The caudal and rostral roots fuse together and course rostrally once they are outside the brainstem. The abducens nerve innervates the lateral rectus extraocular muscle.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000310]
Name: motor neuron
Synonyms: motoneuron
Definition: An efferent neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward or to a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009052]