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Trochlear Nerve

Definition: Trochlear Nerve

Trochlear Nerve

Noun

1. Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.

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Specialty Definition: Trochlear Nerve

DomainDefinition

Health

The 4th cranial nerve. The trochlear nerve carries the motor innervation of the superior oblique muscles of the eye. (references)

Medicine

Cranial nerve IV. It originates from the dorsal surface of the junction between the midbrain and the cerebellum and passes through the superior orbital fissure and is motor to the superior oblique muscle. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Trochlear nerve

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The fourth of twelve cranial nerves, the trochlear nerve controls the function of the superior oblique muscle, which rotates the eye towards the nose and also moves the eye downward.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trochlear nerve."

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Synonyms: Trochlear Nerve

Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve (n), trochlear (n), trochlearis (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: trochlear (medicine).

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Expression: Trochlear Nerve

Expression using "trochlear nerve": Trochlear Nerve Diseases. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Trochlear Nerve

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

trochlear nerve

2
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Modern Translation: Trochlear Nerve

Language Translations for "trochlear nerve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nervus trochlearis (pathetic nerve). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nervus trochlearis (pathetic nerve), nervus patheticus (pathetic nerve). (various references)

   

French

  

nerf pathétique. (various references)

   

German

  

Nervus trochlearis (pathetic nerve). (various references)

   

Italian

  

nervo trocleare (pathetic nerve), nervo patetico (pathetic nerve). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

滑車神経 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かっしゃし"けい. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ochleartray ervenay

   

Spanish

  

nervio troclear (pathetic nerve), nervio patético (pathetic nerve). (various references)

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Anagrams: Trochlear Nerve

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-l-n-o-r-r-r-t-v"

-3 letters: overreacher.

-4 letters: coelentera.

-5 letters: centraler, charterer, coeternal, converter, correlate, overalert, overclean, overclear, overeaten, overeater, overlearn, overreach, overreact, recharter, reconvert, recoverer, relevance, relocatee, revelator, tolerance, tracheole, trochleae, trochlear, venerator.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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