trochlea

Significado de trochlea

n.

A pulley. 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.

Vogais: oea

Consoantes: trchl

Palavras Parecidas

trochal, trochil, tracheal, trochili, taurocolla, treacle, triacle, trickle, trochaical, truckle.