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Trochlear   Listen
noun
Trochlear  n.  (Anat.) 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.





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"Trochlear" Quotes from Famous Books



... epi-trochlear and cubital glands vary in number, that most commonly present lying about an inch and a half above the medial epi-condyle, and other and smaller glands may lie along the medial (internal) bicipital groove or at the bend of the elbow. ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
... patellar luxation in the horse may be considered; one which is due to the patella becoming fixed upon the internal trochlear rim of the femur and the other when the patella slips over the outer rim ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix


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