Trochlear nerve

Japanese: 滑車神経 - かっしゃしんけい
Trochlear nerve
The fourth cranial nerve originates from the midbrain, enters the eye socket , and is distributed to the superior oblique muscle. It is called this because the superior oblique muscle was formerly called the trochlear muscle. It is a motor nerve that moves the eyeball. [Medical Words Ruiju (1872)]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 中脳から出て眼窩(がんか)に入り、上眼球斜筋に分布する第四脳神経。上眼球斜筋を古くは滑車筋といったことから呼ばれる。運動神経で、眼球を動かす働きをする。〔医語類聚(1872)〕

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