innervated by innervated_by lateral rectus extra-ocular muscle lateral extraocular muscle Wikipedia:Lateral_rectus_muscle lateral rectus extraocular muscle SCTID:181152008 M. rectus lateralis VHOG:0001129 lateral rectus muscle MA:0001280 The lateral rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit. It is one of six extraocular muscles that control the movements of the eye (abduction in this case) and the only muscle innervated by the abducens nerve, cranial nerve VI. [WP,unvetted]. AAO:0010107 NCIT:C32945 ZFA:0000383 FMA:49038 lateral rectus TAO:0000383 UBERON:0004837 musculus rectus lateralis UBERON:0001603 posterior rectus abducens nerve rectus extraocular muscle