Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glenoid_fossa

2 senses of glenoid fossa

Sense 1
glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa -- (a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible)
       => pit, fossa -- (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Sense 2
glenoid fossa, glenoid cavity -- (the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint)
       => pit, fossa -- (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))