Definition of Trochleae

1. trochlea [n] - See also: trochlea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochleae

trochiscus
trochisk
trochisks
trochite
trochites
trochlea
trochlea femoris
trochlea fibularis calcanei
trochlea humeri
trochlea muscularis
trochlea of humerus
trochlea of the talus
trochlea peronealis
trochlea phalangis
trochlea tali
trochleae (current term)
trochlear
trochlear fossa
trochlear fovea
trochlear nerve
trochlear notch
trochlear nucleus
trochlear pit
trochlear process
trochlear spine
trochleariform
trochlearis
trochlears
trochleary

Literary usage of Trochleae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"The trochleae. These prominences, which form the tongues of the tongue and groove articulations ... In the Ruminantia the trochleae are well developed (Fig. ..."

2. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"The trochleae are uniform in outline, placed in anteroposterior and nearly parallel planes, the fibular one being the broadest anteriorly. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Of the distal trochleae the middle one is the lowest on the shaft; the outer one next; while the inner one is very distinctly elevated. ..."

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