trochlea

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trochlea englanniksi

  1. A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.

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

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

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