Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shallow or slightly cupped: specifically applied in anatomy to two articular cavities or fossæ, of the scapula and of the temporal bone respectively.
- Having a glenoid fossa: as, the glenoid border of the scapula.
- noun A glenoid fossa, as of the temporal bone or of the scapula; a glene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A shallow
depression in abone , especially in thescapula . - adjective Of or pertaining to this depression.
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Examples
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The ball-and-socket joint comprises the rounded top of the upper arm bone (the "ball"), which fits into a dish-like cup called the glenoid (the "socket") in the shoulder blade.
Spare Parts 2008
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Anatomy as two posterior ligaments which run each from three points on the sides of the os suffraginis to a piece of fibro cartilage, described as the glenoid cartilage, and attached to the postero-superior edge of the os coronae; between them is the insertion of the inferior sesamoidean ligament.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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To sculpt the new joint, surgeons take cadaver cartilage and bone from both the cup part of the shoulder - the socket, called the glenoid, and the humeral head, which is the ball of the upper arm bone.
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To sculpt the new joint, surgeons take cadaver cartilage and bone from both the cup part of the shoulder - the socket, called the glenoid, and the humeral head, which is the ball of the upper arm bone.
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There are several reasons you may have pain (i.e. rotator cuff tear, impingement, arthritis, spurring, instability, glenoid labrum tear, and the list goes on!).
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There are several reasons you may have pain (i.e. rotator cuff tear, impingement, arthritis, spurring, instability, glenoid labrum tear, and the list goes on!).
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Even the part where the paper was going along where my humeral head fits into the glenoid fossa — uh, that's a ball and socket joint.
Automatic Typewriter Brianne Baxtali 2011
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The benefit of the procedure, he says, is that there is no plastic glenoid to possibly wear or bend, so it's a good option for patients who are athletic or otherwise very physically active.
Spare Parts 2008
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They leave the glenoid socket intact, but reshape it by scooping it out with a tool called a reamer.
Spare Parts 2008
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The head of the humerus is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity, by means of a small ligament, and it consists of a rounded epiphysis composed of spongy cartilage, the humerus itself is bent outward and forward, and it is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity by its side, and not in a straight line.
sionnach commented on the word glenoid
Not to be confused with "glennoid", shaped like a space-travelling politician.
November 1, 2008