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trochlear

/trok-lee-er/US // ˈtrɒk li ər //

齿科,齿状体,特鲁瓦,齿科医生

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
    • : Physiology, Anatomy. functioning like a pulley; pulleylike.
    • : Botany. circular and contracted in the middle so as to resemble a pulley.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : trochlear nerve.

Examples

  • The outer trochlear rim being the smaller of the two, inward luxation does not occur in the horse.

  • There is generally a large supra-trochlear fossa, but no ent-epicondylar foramen.

  • Is there anatomical evidence that the ganglia of origin of the oculomotor and trochlear nerves represent many ganglia?

  • It is often found between the patella and the trochlear surface of the femur in tuberculous disease of the knee.

  • It is sometimes associated with fracture of the edge of the trochlear surface, which renders retention in position difficult.