trochlea Meaning, Definition & Usage

Troch"le*a noun

Etymology

L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. . See Trochilics.

Definitions

1. (Mach.) A pulley. Obs.
2. (Anat.) 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.