GLENOID FOSSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glenoid fossa mean? 

• GLENOID FOSSA (noun)
  The noun GLENOID FOSSA has 2 senses:

1. a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible

2. the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint

  Familiarity information: GLENOID FOSSA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLENOID FOSSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa

Hypernyms ("glenoid fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" is a part of...):

os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)

Sense 2

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 fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" 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)