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GLENOID CAVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glenoid cavity mean?
• GLENOID CAVITY (noun)
The noun GLENOID CAVITY has 1 sense:
1. the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
Familiarity information: GLENOID CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
glenoid cavity; glenoid fossa
Hypernyms ("glenoid cavity" is a kind of...):
fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))
Holonyms ("glenoid cavity" is a part of...):
scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)
Context examples
The upper rounded part of the humerus that fits into the glenoid cavity of the scapula.
(Head of the Humerus, NCI Thesaurus)
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