trochlear

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o quarto nervo craniano, responsável pela inervação do músculo oblíquo superior do olho.

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.

   🇵🇹Nervo troclear

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