HyperDic: sixth_cranial_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression *sixth cranial nerve*:
NOUN	body	sixth cranial nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens	a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

English > *sixth cranial nerve*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
Synonyms	abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem