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glenoid cavity
(redirected from glenoid fossae)

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Noun1.glenoid cavity - the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
glenoid fossa
scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone - either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
fossa, pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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What happens posterior to the glenoid fossae is as important as what is happening anterior to the fossae.
Cranial strains and malocclusion by James, Gavin; Strokon, Dennis / American Academy of Gnathologic Orthopedics Journal
 
 
 
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