trochlear nucleus
Nucleus in the midbrain at the level of the inferior colliculus near the midline, containing the motor neurons giving rise to the trochlear nerve, innervating the contralateral superior oblique extraocular muscle of the eye (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed, 1981, pg. 533). [ ]
Term info
trochlear nucleus
- fourth cranial nerve nucleus
- motor nucleus IV
- nIV
- nucleus nervi trochlearis
- nucleus of trochlear nerve
- trochlear IV nucleus
- trochlear motor nucleus
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uberon
nucleus nervi trochlearis
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Term relations
- cranial nerve nucleus
- midbrain nucleus
- brainstem nucleus
- part of some midbrain tegmentum
- extends_fibers_into some trochlear nerve