TROCHLEA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A pulley. [Obs.]

2.
n.

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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