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trochlear nerve

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that originates in the midbrain and innervates a muscle of the eyeball.

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  • noun anatomy A motor nerve that innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

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  • noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes

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