Trochlear

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trochlear \Troch"le*ar\, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.]
     (Anat.)
     Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or
     connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular
     surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Trochlear nerve}. See {Pathetic nerve}, under {Pathetic}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trochlear
       n : either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control
           the superior oblique muscles of the eyes [syn: {trochlear
           nerve}, {trochlearis}, {fourth cranial nerve}]