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The sixth cranial nerve, which controls the muscle which makes the eyeball turn outwards.<\/p>\n

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One of a pair of motor nerves, the sixth cranial nerves, that originates in the brainstem and supplies the lateral rectus muscles of the eye.<\/p>\n

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The sixth cranial nerve, which supplies the lateral rectus muscle of each eyeball, responsible for turning the eye to look to one side.<\/p>\n

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The nerve that innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. It exits the brainstem between the pons and medulla and leaves the cranium through the superior orbital fissure.<\/p>\n

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