trochlear
IPA: trˈɑtʃɫˈɪr
noun
- (anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.
adjective
- (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
- (neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.
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Examples of "trochlear" in Sentences
- The trochlear nerve has quite a complex origin.
- The trochlear region is extremely tender to touch.
- Central damage is a damage to the trochlear nucleus.
- This use is the source of the name for the Trochlear nerve.
- Homologous trochlear nerves are found in all jawed vertebrates.
- Thus a lesion of the trochlear nucleus affects the contralateral eye.
- Thus a lesion of the trochlear nucleus affects the 'contralateral' eye.
- The trochlear nerve is unique among the cranial nerves in several respects.
- The superior oblique muscle is innervated by cranial nerve IV trochlear nerve .
- The outer trochlear rim being the smaller of the two, inward luxation does not occur in the horse.
- The researchers concluded that the VMO is indeed an important stabilizer of the patella in the trochlear groove.
- When the patella is situated upon the inner trochlear rim, the tibia must be extended because of the traction exerted by the straight ligaments.
- The tendon then extends obliquely forward across the lateral side of the calcaneus, below the trochlear process, and the tendon of the Peronæus brevis, and under cover of the inferior peroneal retinaculum.
- It then runs forward on the lateral side of the calcaneus, above the trochlear process and the tendon of the Peronæus longus, and is inserted into the tuberosity at the base of the fifth metatarsal bone, on its lateral side.
- You might presume, as I did, that Polyboroides has a unique sort of intertarsal joint, perhaps with the trochlear surfaces of the distal tibiotarsus wrapping onto the posterior surface of the bone as well as the anterior surface.
- Whereas the olfactory and optic nerves are sensory and the oculomotor and trochlear nerves are motor; the trigeminal nerve is a mixed nerve, containing both sensory and motor fibers, each attached to the pons by a separate structure.
- -- Two forms of true patellar luxation in the horse may be considered; one which is due to the patella becoming fixed upon the internal trochlear rim of the femur and the other when the patella slips over the outer rim of the trochlea.
- _Outward luxation of the patella_ is occasioned by a lax condition of the internal femeropatellar ligament or a rupture of the same so that the patella slips over the outer femoral trochlear rim and permits of an abnormal flexion of the stifle joint.
- Traction is exerted upon the rope and at the same time force is directed against the stifle joint to produce further extension if possible, so that the straight patellar ligaments may relax sufficiently to allow the patella to be dislodged from its position upon the inner trochlear lip.
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