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Definition of Trochlear
1. Noun. Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.
Definition of Trochlear
1. n. Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
Definition of Trochlear
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea. ¹
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Definition of Trochlear
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Medical Definition of Trochlear
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochlear
Literary usage of Trochlear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"... The fourth or trochlear nerve is the smallest of the cerebral nerves, and has
the longest course (about 40 mm.) within the cranial cavity. ..."
2. Pediatrics (1902)
"... data of other observers, it seems probable that the epiphyseal line 1s usually
adhered to and that the outer trochlear ridge accompanies the capitellum. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The trochlear nerve, the smallest of the cerebral nerves, supplies the Obliquus
superior oculi. It arises from a nucleus situated in the floor of the ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Auges. Wiesbaden, 1899- 1900, i, 71-541. iv. N. IV. The trochlear Nerve (N.
trochlearis) This is a pure motor nerve, supplying only one muscle (M. ..."
5. Diseases and Deformities of the Foot by John Joseph Nutt (1913)
"movements is seen in the shape of the trochlear surface: while the inner edge
... The widest part of the trochlear surface is usually somewhat anterior to ..."
6. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"Its nucleus of origin, trochlear nucleus, is a small, oval mass situated ...
The cells of the trochlear nucleus are large, irregular and yellowish in color. ..."
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