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trochlea |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trochlea \Troch"le*a\, n. [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr ?. See {Trochilics}.] 1. (Mach.) A pulley. [Obs.] 2. (Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as the trochlea, or pulleylike end of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
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