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8 words match “TROCHLEA”

TROCHLEA n. 2 definitions
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.
TROCHLEAR n.
Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve, under Pathetic.
TROCHLEARY a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.
EPITROCHLEA n.
A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
EPITROCHLEAR a.
Relating to the epitrochlea.
INFRATROCHLEAR a.
Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
SUPRATROCHLEAR a.
Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
PATHETIC a.
he superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.