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Definition of Abducent
1. Noun. A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
Generic synonyms: Cranial Nerve
2. Adjective. Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.
Definition of Abducent
1. Adjective. Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; abducting ¹
2. Noun. That which abducts; an abducens. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abducent
1. serving to abduct [adj]
Medical Definition of Abducent
1. 1. Abducting; drawing away, especially away from the median plane. Synonym: abducent nerve, abducens. Origin: L. Abducens (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abducent
Literary usage of Abducent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The abducent nerve supplies the Hectus lateralis oculi. ... The abducent nerve
is joined by several filaments from the carotid and cavernous plexuses, ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The abducent nerve supplies the Rectus lateralis oculi. ... The abducent nerve
is joined by several filaments from Rectus lateralis- III. nerve VI. nerve- ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The roots proceed together through the pons to emerge from the side, separated
by a few of its transverse fibres.4 The sixth, or abducent nerve,5 arises ..."
4. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"... and muscular sense fibers proceed to the thalamus, probably through the medial
fillet on the opposite side. Nucleus of the abducent Nerve (N. Nervi ..."
5. A Manual of Physiology and of the Principles of Disease by Edward Dillon Mapother (1864)
"The abducent, or sixth nerve, emerges between the pons and pyramid, and after a
very free communication with the sympathetic in the cavernous sinus, ..."
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