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Definition of Trochlearis
1. Noun. Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.
Medical Definition of Trochlearis
1. Synonym: trochlear. Synonym: trochleiform. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochlearis
Literary usage of Trochlearis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"The trochlear nerve has its origin in the nucleus nervi trochlearis, which is
located in the caudal prolongation of the oculomotor nucleus in the region of ..."
2. 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. ..."
3. Handbook of ophthalmology by C. Schweigger (1878)
"PARALYSIS OF THE trochlearis. Under physiological conditions the musculus ...
If in paralysis of the trochlearis the rectus inferior has to act alone in ..."
4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"Further, at the time when the primary trochlearis atrophies, it is a compact
cord, measuring three or four cells in diameter, and when it breaks into ..."
5. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"The Fourth or trochlearis Nerve. This nerve supplies the superior oblique muscle
of the eye (1, Plate VIII.). Interference with the action of this nerve is ..."
6. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1873)
"... or trochlearis (fourth nerve)—Physiological anatomy—Properties and function—Action
of the superior oblique muscle—Motor oculi externus, ..."
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