Motor nucleus of trochlear nerve
Nucleus motorius nervus trochlearis
Definition
The motor nucleus of the trochlear nerve is a nucleus located ventral to the periaqueductal gray in the caudal midbrain, whose neurons innervate the contralateral superior oblique muscle of the eye.
References
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
