Definitions for trochleas

trochleas troch·le·a

Spelling: [trok-lee-uh]
IPA: /ˈtrɒk li ə/

Trochleas is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 1033 anagrams from letters in trochleas (acehlorst).

Definitions for trochleas

noun

  1. a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.

Origin of trochleas

1685-95; Latin: pulley block or sheave Greek trochiléa, trochil(e)ía; akin to tróchilos sheave, runner, akin to tréchein to run

Examples for trochleas

In the human skeleton, the internal lip of the trochlea descends lower than the external; and also lower than the condyle.

In man, the external lip of the trochlea reaches higher than the internal, and it is more prominent in front.

We have just said that the trochlea is continuous without interruption with the condyles; this is accurate.

The Knee Joint is a hinge formed by the condyles and trochlea of the femur, the patella, and the head of the tibia.

The internal lip of the trochlea is much thicker and much more prominent than the external.

It articulates with the tibia by a trochlea that occupies not only the superior surface, but also the anterior.

The trochlea, narrow as a whole, is clearly separate from the condyles by a very marked constriction.

There is another modification in regard to the prominence and extent of the two lips of the trochlea.

The trochlea (fig. 77, 5) at the distal end of the bone is a pulley-like surface, elevated at the sides and grooved in the middle.

In the ox and the sheep, the condyle is lower than the trochlea, but only very little lower.

Word Value for trochleas
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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