trochlear

A noun referring to either of the two cranial nerves that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'un des deux nerfs crâniens qui contrôlent le muscle oblique supérieur de l'œil.

1. Cranial nerve C1 formal medical

   Either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye, controlling eye movement.

   • Damage to the trochlear nerve can cause double vision.
   • The trochlear nerve is the only cranial nerve to emerge from the dorsal side of the brainstem.
   • An ophthalmologist examined the function of the patient's trochlear nerve.

   🇫🇷nerf trochléaire

• trochlears plural form
• trochlears' possessive plural form
• trochlear's possessive singular form