Above the front part of the trochlea is a small depression, the coronoid fossa, which receives the coronoid process of the ulna during flexion of the forearm. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 3. The Humerus] Reference
Above the back part of the trochlea is a deep triangular depression, the olecranon fossa, in which the summit of the olecranon is received in extension of the forearm. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 3. The Humerus] Reference
"Medial epicondyle, trochlea, greater and lesser tubercle, " he said. From Wordnik.com. [City of Bones]
Congenital displacement results from imperfect development of the external lip of the trochlea. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The section passes through the middle of the groove of the trochlea of the tibial tarsal bone. 1 and 2. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It's a backdrop she knows expertly: Mending a fence, one cowhand has to "cast about for a stick or something to twist tight a diagonal cross-brace wire, but the only thing at hand was a cow's bleached leg bone with its useful trochlea head, which seemed made to jam fence wire tight.". From Wordnik.com. [Old West and New Collide Amid Cowpoke McMansions] Reference
Distally, the humerus is narrow with a deep trochlea for the ulna. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The convex articulation for the radial head is located lateral to the ulnar trochlea. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The astragalus is 'double-pulleyed' with a trough-shaped trochlea for the tibia and an opposing trochlea for the navicular. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The astragalus is almost of normal shape; the trochlea is slightly prolonged anteriorly, especially on the inner side, from. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
# -- The lateral condyle or trochlea is more frequently separated from the rest of the bone than is the medial or capitellum. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The superior surface of the body presents, behind, a smooth trochlear surface, the trochlea, for articulation with the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus] Reference
Properly called the carpal trochlea (or trochlea carpalis, if you prefer), this structure allows the hand to fold up tightly close to the ulna. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Owing to the obliquity of the trochlea of the humerus, this movement does not take place in the antero-posterior plane of the body of the humerus. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 6d. Elbow-joint] Reference
The semilunar notch is a large depression, formed by the olecranon and the coronoid process, and serving for articulation with the trochlea of the humerus. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 4. The Ulna] Reference
The accurate adaptation of the trochlea of the humerus, with its prominences and depressions, to the semilunar notch of the ulna, prevents any lateral movement. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 6d. Elbow-joint] Reference
The trochlea of the humerus is received into the semilunar notch of the ulna, and the capitulum of the humerus articulates with the fovea on the head of the radius. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 6d. Elbow-joint] Reference
The astragalus is almost of normal shape; the trochlea is slightly prolonged anteriorly, especially on the inner side, from contact with the tibial articular surface. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
A battery of biological, radiological and other tests showed that the humerus bone had been cut above the trochlea indent at the end "in an intentional and successful amputation". From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Tests showed an intentional and successful amputation in which a sharpened flint was used to cut the man's humerus bone above the trochlea indent - the patient was anaesthetized too. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
The trochlea is broader in front than behind, convex from before backward, slightly concave from side to side: in front it is continuous with the upper surface of the neck of the bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus] Reference
The humerus is ossified from eight centers, one for each of the following parts: the body, the head, the greater tubercle, the lesser tubercle, the capitulum, the trochlea, and one for each epicondyle. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 3. The Humerus] Reference
Velpeau opposed this, but it is again recommended by Gross, who leaves the olecranon, and at the same time improves the shape of the stump by sawing off the "inner trochlea" on a level with the general surface. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
To effect this the leg must be drawn well forward by a rope attached to the lower end, and the patella, grasped with the hand, forcibly pushed forward and inward and made to slip over the outside border of the trochlea of the femur. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Above, it is attached to the humerus immediately behind the capitulum and close to the medial margin of the trochlea, to the margins of the olecranon fossa, and to the back of the lateral epicondyle some little distance from the trochlea. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 6d. Elbow-joint] Reference
A pair of bone-forceps to be next employed to cut off the entire inner condyle and trochlea of the humerus, and then introduced in the opposite diagonal direction so as to detach the external condyle and capitulum of the humerus from the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
The medial surface presents at its upper part a pear-shaped articular facet for the medial malleolus, continuous above with the trochlea; below the articular surface is a rough depression for the attachment of the deep portion of the deltoid ligament of the ankle-joint. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus] Reference
The lateral surface carries a large triangular facet, concave from above downward, for articulation with the lateral malleolus; its anterior half is continuous above with the trochlea; and in front of it is a rough depression for the attachment of the anterior talofibular ligament. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus] Reference
The fibers of the inferior retinaculum are continuous in front with those of the cruciate crural ligament; behind they are attached to the lateral surface of the calcaneus; some of the fibers are fixed to the peroneal trochlea, forming a septum between the tendons of the Peronæi longus and brevis. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 8d. The Fasciæ Around the Ankle] Reference
` pulleys '(trochlea, in several places), ` hooks' (uncus, in the brain), ` sickles '(falx in the brain), and ` a plowshare' (vomer. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference
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