Trochlea

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Pulley.

II. Trochlea ·noun 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.

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