| Name: | cranial nerve IV |
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| Synonyms: | CN-IV, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
| Definition: | Cranial nerve that innervates the oculomotor system. The trochlear nerve is the only motor nerve to project dorsally and then cross the midline before exiting the neuroepithelium and re-orienting ventrally to project to the contralateral superior oblique extraocular muscle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000600] |
| Name: | absent |
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| Synonyms: | absence, absent from organism |
| Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000462] |