Trochlea
n.- (Mach.) A pulley.
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(Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley;
as, the trochlea , or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or thetrochlea , or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.

