TROCHLEA

(Lat.), n. f. Trok(tro2ch)'le2-a3. From rpo\i\ia, a pulley. Fr.. trochlee, poulie. Ger., T., Kolle. A hook or ring over or through which a muscle or tendon slips. [L.] T. labyrinth i. See COOHLEA (2d def.). T. of the astragalus. The tibial articular surface of the astragalus. [L.] T. of the femur. Fr., trochlee femorale. See FOSSA intercondyloidea (femoris) anterior. 1. of the ohliquus oculi superior, T. of the orbit. The ligamentous ring or pulley attached by fibrous ti ue to a d< pre ion beneath the internal angular proce of the frontal bone. It transmits the tendon of the obliquus oculi superior. [F.] [s. 653]