trochlea.
A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.
Meaning & usage
A structure resembling or acting like a pulley. In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.
A structure resembling or acting like a pulley. A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin trochlea (“case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”).
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