trochlear

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noun

either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes

Trochlear in a sentence

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.

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