Multiple choice

Which of the following is a purely motor cranial nerve?

  1. Olfactory

  2. Abducens

  3. Optic

  4. Vagus

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve. It controls the movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. It is a motor nerve.