TROCHLEAR - Definition

Pronunciation:		'trâkleeur
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes

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	Synonyms:	fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis

	See Also:	cranial nerve

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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}.