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/ˈtɹɒk.li.ə/ · adjective
(anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea..
The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.
At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.
Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.
Use trochlear when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trochlear means (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea..
Common synonyms include trochlear nerve, fourth cranial nerve, trochlearis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.
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