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What does trochlear mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
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The trochlear nerve nuclei are located ventral to the mesencephalic aqueduct.
In the anterior view, the trochlear notch of the ulna is not seen through the humerus.
Flexible trochlear route over the entire patellar course assures good patellar stability.
Each trochlear nerve makes its exit through the caudal tectum, immediately lateral to the frenulum of the superior medullary velum.
The coronoid process is the anterior protrusion which forms part of the border for the trochlear notch.
The exceptions are the superior oblique, which is enervated by the trochlear nerve, and the lateral rectus, which is enervated by the abducens.

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