See Also: Fourth cranial nerve(health)
fourth cranial nerve(medicine)
fourth lumbar nerve(medicine)
cranial nerve VI(medicine)
Cranial nerve IX(health)
Cranial nerve V(health)
Cranial nerve VI(health)
Cranial nerve VII(health)
Cranial nerve XI(health)
cranial nerve VII(medicine)

sprattle (iou) and Fourth cranial nerve (health)


sprattle (iou)



sprattle verb1 & noun. Scot. rare. L18.
[Origin uncertain: cf. Swedish sprattla in same sense.]
A. verb intrans. Scramble, struggle. L18.
b. noun. A struggle, a scramble. E19.

Fourth cranial nerve (health)


The fourth cranial nerve, the trochlear nerve, is the nerve supply to the superior oblique muscle of the eye, one of the muscles that moves the eye. Paralysis of the trochlear nerve results in rotation of the eyeball upward and outward (and, therefore, double vision).