Multiple choice

Which of the following is purely motor cranial nerve?

  1. Olfactory

  2. Optic

  3. Abducens

  4. Vagus

  5. None of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The abducent nerve or abducent nerve (the sixth cranial nerve, also called the sixth nerve or simply CNVI) is a somatic efferent nerve that, in humans, controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.