: either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that supply some of the eye muscles with motor fibers
called alsotrochlear
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1858, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
trochlear nerve
noun
: either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that arise from the dorsal aspect of the brain stem just below the inferior colliculus and supply the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers