trochlear

English

Etymology

From Latin trochlea (block or pulley).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒklɪə(ɹ)/

Adjective

trochlear (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.

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Noun

trochlear (plural trochlears)

  1. (anatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.
    • 1949, Herbert Eugene Walter & ‎Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates:
      The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.
    • 2014, Joanne K. Singleton, ‎Robert V. DiGregorio, & ‎Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective, →ISBN:
      At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.
    • 2017, W. Norman Scott, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, →ISBN:
      Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.

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