title: Anatomical variations of the abducent nerve in humans.
abstract: Anatomical variation of the nervus abducens in human encephali were found and described. They consisted of (1) an unusual trifurcation of the abducent nerve, limited to the extradural portion of the neural trunk (1.4% of the cases) and (2) the duplicity (11.1%) of the neural trunk, starting before reaching the orbit and ending before reaching the m. rectus lateralis. The possibility of correlating these variations with clinical aspects and forensic interpretations is mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Anatomy, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DiDio
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teofilovski-Parapid
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male