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sixth cranial nerve
sixth cranial nerve The sixth cranial nerve, also called the abducens nerve, begins in the pons and carries motor signals to the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
The sixth cranial nerve, also called the abducens nerve, begins in the pons and carries motor signals to the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. It helps control horizontal eye movement, and injury to the nerve or its nucleus can disturb that movement.