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Trochlea

Etymology:

L. trochlea: “case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”

Definition:

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

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