While talking to one of your patients, you notice that he cannot move his right eye laterally, but his left eye moves in the medial direction. What nerve is affected?

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The inability to move the right eye laterally indicates a problem with the lateral rectus muscle, which is innervated by the abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI). This is why the abducens nerve is the correct answer.

While Talking to One of Your Patients, You Notice That