glenoid, a. Anat.
(ˈgliːnɔɪd)
[ad. Gr. γληνοειδής, f. γλήνη a shallow joint-socket (see glene) + εἶδος form, appearance: cf. F. glénoïde.]
glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, glenoid surface, a shallow cavity on a bone (esp. the scapula and temporal bone) which receives a projection of another bone to form a joint. glenoid ligament (see quot. 1831). glenoid fissure, see Glaserian.
| 1709 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 108 The length of the Sinus, called in Human Subjects the Glenoid Cavity. 1769 White Ibid. LIX. 43 This osseous matter could not proceed from the scapula, the glenoid cavity of that bone not being divested of its Cartilage. 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 203 Glenoid Ligament..This is a sort of fibro-cartilaginous rim, which seems intended to increase the depth of the glenoid cavity. 1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 77 A shallow cavity placed on each side in front of the external auditory opening, and termed the glenoid surface. 1876 C. S. Tomes Dental Anat. 31 The glenoid fossæ of the temporal bone, formed partly by the squamous and partly by the vaginal portions of the bone. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 728 By..pressing the arm downwards with my leg, the head of the bone slipped into the glenoid cavity..with unusual ease. |
So gleˈnoidal a. Anat. [cf. F. glénoïdal].
| 1847 in Craig. 1871 Huxley Anat. Vert. vi. 290 In the Carinatæ, the glenoidal end of the scapula is divided into two portions; a glenoidal process, which expands to form the upper part of the glenoidal cavity..and an acromial process. 1883 Martin & Moale Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 119 The distal or glenoidal end of the coracoid. |