Structural Organisation In Animals Question 45

Question: Which of the following is a purely motor nerve?

Options:

A) Vagus

B) Facial

C) Abducens

D) Trigeminal

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] Abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) is one of the pair of nerves that arises from the anterior end of medulla oblongata in the vertebrate brain supplies the posterior rectus muscle of each eyeball.

It contains chiefly motor nerve fibres.