For example, the abducens and facial nuclei appear at the level of the caudal pons. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
The olfactory, optic, oculo-motor, pathetic, ophthalmic division of the trigeminal, and the abducens nerves are all liable to be implicated. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
She developed acute bilateral abducens neuropathy with post-tetanic facilitation alongside acute laryngopharyngodysesthesia and hypokalemia. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
From the ventral longitudinal bundle collaterals are given off to the nuclei of the eye muscles, the oculomotor, the trochlear and the abducens. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
The fibers arise from the nucleus of the abducens nerve and pass ventrally through the formatio reticularis of the pons to emerge in the transverse groove between the caudal edge of the pons and the pyramid. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
The abducens nucleus probably receives collaterals and terminals from the ventral longitudinal bundle (tectospinal fasciculus); fibers which have their origin in the superior colliculus, the primary visual center, and are concerned with visual reflexes. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
(abducens) are distributed to exactly the same muscles of the eyeball as they are in the rabbit. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
(Gray, page 760.) "The lachrymal not infrequently arises by two filaments, one from the ophthalmic and one from the sixth nerve; thus the upper lid would get motor impulse from the abducens (sixth). From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
(It may seem rather surprising that three of the twelve cranial nerves are concerned with motions of the eyeball, the abducens and trochlear nerves supplying one muscle each, the oculomotor nerve supplying the rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
F, abducens. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The first letters of the words stand for the cranial nerves: olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory, and hypoglossal. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2] Reference
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