trochlea

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{i} smooth body part resembling a pulley on which another body part slides (Anatomy)
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
A pulley
trochlea

    Silbentrennung

    troch·le·a

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    Etymologie

    [ 'trä-klE-& ] (noun.) circa 1693. New Latin, from Latin, block of pulleys, from Greek trochileia, from trochilos sheave, from trochos wheel.
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