trochlea
Americannoun
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trochleae,
plural
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trochleas
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of trochlea
1685–95; < Latin: pulley block or sheave < Greek trochiléa, trochil ( e ) ía; akin to tróchilos sheave, runner, akin to tréchein to run
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A good example is the elbow joint, with the articulation between the trochlea of the humerus and the trochlear notch of the ulna.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The angle of the tendon through the trochlea means that contraction of the superior oblique rotates the eye medially.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
However, the tendon of the oblique muscles threads through a pulley-like piece of cartilage known as the trochlea.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
This region articulates with the trochlea of the humerus as part of the elbow joint.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Its superior extremity is moulded on the inferior extremity of the principal metacarpal, and its inferior extremity, which is smaller, presents a trochlea with which the second phalanx articulates.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
This operation has been found a corrective in cases of outward luxation as well as those of upward dislocation of the patella when resorted to before the trochleae are worn from frequent luxation.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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