trochlear nerve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trochlear nerve	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trochlear nerve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trochlear nerve n either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes Synonym(s): trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {Trochlear nerve}. See {Pathetic nerve}, under {Pathetic}.