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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.
A capsulotomy was performed and the patella was dislocated laterally to expose the articular surface of the trochlear groove.
The coronoid process is the anterior protrusion which forms part of the border for the trochlear notch.
Each trochlear nerve makes its exit through the caudal tectum, immediately lateral to the frenulum of the superior medullary velum.
The exceptions are the superior oblique, which is enervated by the trochlear nerve, and the lateral rectus, which is enervated by the abducens.
No significant difference in total mean chondrocyte density between trochlear, patellar, tibial, and femoral condyles was observed.

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