Allan Ray is helped off the court. Villanova basketball star Allan Ray had his eyeball literally poked out of its socket by an opposing player in a recent game. Ray has been treating the injury with eye drops, and he planned to meet with doctors to find out if he can play in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Fulcrum(noun) a prop or support. Fulcrum(noun) that by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. Fulcrum(noun) an accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. Fulcrum(noun) the horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
A lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force acting through a moment arm longer than that through which the resistive force acts, as when the calf muscles work to raise the body onto the balls of feet. 2nd class lever.