trochlear nerve
1Trochlear nerve — Nerve: Trochlear nerve Path of the Trochlear nerve …
2Trochlear nerve — Trochlear Troch le*ar, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.] (Anat.) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. [1913 Webster] {Trochlear… …
3Trochlear nerve — The trochlear nerve controls the superior oblique muscle of the eye, one of the extraocular muscles, the muscles that move the eye. Paralysis of the trochlear nerve results in rotation of the eyeball upward and outward (and, therefore, double… …
4trochlear nerve — the fourth cranial nerve (IV), which supplies the superior oblique muscle, one of the muscles responsible for movement of the eyeball in its socket. The action of the trochlear nerve is coordinated with that of the oculomotor and the abducens… …
5trochlear nerve — noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes • Syn: ↑trochlear, ↑trochlearis, ↑fourth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …
6trochlear nerve — noun Date: circa 1858 either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that supply some of the eye muscles with motor fibers called also trochlear …
7trochlear nerve — noun A motor nerve that innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye …
8trochlear nerve — /ˈtrɒkliə nɜv/ (say trokleeuh nerv) noun the fourth cranial nerve in vertebrates …
9trochlear nerve — Anat. either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball. [1885 90] * * * …
10Trochlear — Troch le*ar, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.] (Anat.) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. [1913 Webster] {Trochlear nerve}. See… …
