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MeSH Heading: Abducens Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.800.120.030
Unique ID: D000010
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000010
Annotation: neoplasms = ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
Scope Note: The 6th cranial nerve which originates in the ABDUCENS NUCLEUS of the PONS and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the EYE. Damage to the nerve or its nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control.
Entry Term(s): Abducent Nerve; Cranial Nerve VI; Nerve VI; Nervus Abducens; Sixth Cranial Nerve
NLM Classification #: WL 330
See Also: Abducens Nucleus
Public MeSH Note: 77; was ABDUCENT NERVE 1963-76
Online Note: use ABDUCENS NERVE to search ABDUCENT NERVE 1966-76
History Note: 77; was ABDUCENT NERVE 1963-76
Entry Combination: injuries:Abducens Nerve Injury
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/20

Entry Combination: injuries:Abducens Nerve Injury
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

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drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0000010
Scope Note: The 6th cranial nerve which originates in the ABDUCENS NUCLEUS of the PONS and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the EYE. Damage to the nerve or its nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control.
Terms: Abducens Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T000019
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Abducent Nerve
Term UI T000021
Date05/26/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Cranial Nerve VI
Term UI T000022
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Nerve VI
Term UI T856510
Date03/14/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nervus Abducens
Term UI T856511
Date03/14/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Sixth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T000020
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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