Abducent nerve palsy / Sixth nerve palsy

Abducent nerve palsy is also known as "sixth nerve palsy" or "abducens nerve palsy".Also abducens , abducens palsy or eye palsy are one and a samething.
The abducent nerve (sixth cranial nerve) innervates only the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, and damage results in an inability to move the eye laterally in the horizontal plane. This symptom may be an indication of increased intracranial pressure, owing to the long intracranial course of the sixth nerve.