Trochlea
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Trochlea
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. 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.
Shaped like, or resembling, a
pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a
trochlea; as, a trochlear
articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
Pertaining to the
trochlea; as the trochleary muscle, the superior oblique muscle of the eye; the trochleary nerve, the
pathetic nerve, which goes to that muscle.
