glenoid
Americanadjective
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shallow or slightly cupped, as the articular cavities of the scapula and the temporal bone.
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pertaining to such a cavity.
adjective
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resembling or having a shallow cavity
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denoting the cavity in the shoulder blade into which the head of the upper arm bone fits
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Etymology
Origin of glenoid
1700–10; < Greek glēnoeid ( ḗs ), equivalent to glḗn ( ē ) pupil, eyeball + -oeidēs -oid
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The team said an MRI revealed a displaced fracture to the glenoid.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
In addition to their individual actions of moving the upper limb, the rotator cuff muscles also serve to hold the head of the humerus in position within the glenoid cavity.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The girdle creates a base from which the head of the humerus, in its ball-and-socket joint with the glenoid fossa of the scapula, can move the arm in multiple directions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
At the hip joint, the head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum of the hip bone, and at the shoulder joint, the head of the humerus articulates with the glenoid cavity of the scapula.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The joint is freely exposed, the capsule divided, the head of the bone freed and returned to the glenoid cavity.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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