Crossword-Solution: GLENOID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Glenoid | a. | Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GLENOID | anagram | GLIDEON |
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| resembling or having a shallow cavity | 1 answer |
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Sentences with GLENOID (5)
Congenital dislocations of the shoulder are also seen, owing to faulty development of the glenoid fossa; and at the knee, the leg generally being in extreme hyperextension, the foot sometimes resting on the abdomen.
When the mouth is opened wide, the condyle advances out of the glenoid cavity, and returns to its socket when the mouth is shut.
Anatomy.--The scapulohumeral joint is an enarthrodial (ball and socket) joint wherein the ball or humeral articulating head greatly exceeds in size the socket or glenoid cavity of the scapula.
Because of the large humeral head articulating as it does with a glenoid cavity, scapulohumeral luxations are very rare in the horse.
Anatomy.--The condyles of the humerus articulate with the glenoid cavities of the radius and a portion of the ulna.