Drawing away; pulling aside.

noun. That which abducts; an abducens.

noun. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.

adjective. drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles.

noun. That which abducts; an abducens.

adjective. especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

noun. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

"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."

abducent nerves  

cranial nerve  

abducens  abducent nerve  abducting  nervus abducens  sixth cranial nerve