What is the meaning of Trochlea?

A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.

  1. In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.
  2. A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.

In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.

A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.

mechanical contrivance for raising weights; case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys; pulley block

Source: wiktionary.org

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