FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fourth cranial nerve mean? 

• FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fourth cranial nerve; trochlear; trochlear nerve; trochlearis

Hypernyms ("fourth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)