The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.
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Trochlear
//ˈtɹɒk.li.ə//
Synonyms for "trochlear" (3 found)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 滑車的 /滑车的 adj (shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea)
Irish
1 entries- ulógach adj (shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea)
Italian
1 entries- trocleare adj (shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea)
Polish
1 entries- bloczkowy adj (shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea)
Spanish
1 entries- troclear adj (shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea)
Sample sentences
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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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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.
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