abdominal thrusts (Heimlich manoeuvre) a manoeuvre for the treatment of choking in which the patient is held firmly around the midriff just under the ribcage. The hands of the rescuer are held as a fist and short sharp thrusts into the patient's upper abdomen are made in order to dislodge the obstructing article from the airway.
abducens nerve the sixth *cranial nerve
(VI), which supplies the lateral rectus mus¬cle of each eyeball, responsible for turning the eye outwards.
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