trochlear nerve

trochlear nerve (plural trochlear nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.

   Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, optic nerve, oculomotor nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

• “trochlear nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “trochlear nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.