Search Result for "glenoid fossa":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible;
[syn: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa]

2. the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint;
[syn: glenoid fossa, glenoid cavity]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glenoid fossa
    n 1: a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the
         zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
         [syn: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa]
    2: the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the
       head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint [syn: glenoid
       fossa, glenoid cavity]