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Webster 1913 Edition
Trochlea
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Troch′le-a
,Noun.
[L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. [GREEK]. 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Trochlea
TROCH'LEA
,Noun.