Abducens Nerve Injury

"Abducens Nerve Injury" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.

Descriptor ID	D020222
MeSH Number(s)	C10.292.150.100 C10.292.262.200 C10.900.300.218.150 C26.915.300.400.100
Concept/Terms	Abducens Nerve Injury Abducens Nerve Injury Abducens Nerve Injuries Injuries, Abducens Nerve Injury, Abducens Nerve Nerve Injuries, Abducens Nerve Injury, Abducens Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic Abducens Neuropathies, Traumatic Traumatic Abducens Neuropathies Traumatic Abducens Neuropathy Cranial Nerve VI Injury Injury, Cranial Nerve VI Sixth Cranial Nerve Injuries Sixth Cranial Nerve Injury Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic Sixth Nerve Palsy, Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsies, Traumatic Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsies Sixth-Nerve Trauma Sixth Nerve Trauma Sixth-Nerve Traumas Trauma, Sixth-Nerve Traumas, Sixth-Nerve Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsy Traumatic Sixth Nerve Palsy Abducens Nerve Trauma Abducens Nerve Traumas Nerve Trauma, Abducens Nerve Traumas, Abducens Trauma, Abducens Nerve Traumas, Abducens Nerve Injury, Sixth Cranial Nerve

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Abducens Nerve Injury".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
Abducens Nerve Diseases [C10.292.150]
Abducens Nerve Injury [C10.292.150.100]
Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.292.262]
Abducens Nerve Injury [C10.292.262.200]
Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.900.300.218]
Abducens Nerve Injury [C10.900.300.218.150]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
Cranial Nerve Injuries [C26.915.300.400]
Abducens Nerve Injury [C26.915.300.400.100]

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