glenoid fossa

It lies above the shoulder socket, called the glenoid fossa.

Those that occur in the neck are usually parallel to the glenoid fossa.

Its counterpart in the pectoral girdle is the glenoid fossa.

They hold the head of the humerus in the small and shallow glenoid fossa of the scapula.

The shoulder joint is the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, the head sitting in the glenoid fossa.

The mandibular fossa is also referred to as the glenoid fossa, especially in dental literature.

At the shoulder, the head of the humerus articulates with the glenoid fossa of the scapula.

Glenoid fossa can refer to:

The rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder produce a high tensile force, and help to pull the head of the humerus into the glenoid fossa.

Displacement of the condyle through the roof of glenoid fossa and into the middle cranial fossa is rare.

The glenohumeral joint has been analogously described as a golf ball (head of the humerus) sitting on a golf tee (glenoid fossa).

The glenoid fossa is shallow and contains the glenoid labrum which deepens it and aids in stability.

In primates, the thoracic cage is wide and the scapula is rotated onto its posterior side to have the glenoid fossa face laterally.

The bones that form the shoulder are the clavicle, humerus, and scapula, the latter providing the glenoid fossa, acromion and coracoid processes.

It is formed by the articulation between the head of the humerus and the lateral scapula (specifically-the glenoid fossa of the scapula).

In other words, without the rotator cuff, the humeral head would ride up partially out of the glenoid fossa, lessening the efficiency of the deltoid muscle.

When the mouth is closed the meniscus is bordered medially and superiorly by the glenoid fossa of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

When they occur in the glenoid fossa, fractures are usually small chips out of the bone or extensions of fractures occurring in the scapular neck.

The supraspinatus also helps to stabilize the shoulder joint by keeping the head of the humerus firmly pressed medially against the glenoid fossa of the scapula.

Among the characters defining tetrapodomorphs are modifications to the fins, notably a humerus with convex head articulating with the glenoid fossa (the socket of the shoulder joint).

The elongated coracoid has a relatively narrow shaft and the ventral lip of the glenoid facet (equivalent to the glenoid fossa of mammals) is more protruded.

However, in bony terms the 'socket' (the glenoid fossa of the scapula) is quite small, covering at most only a third of the 'ball' (the head of the humerus).

Doctors treat a dislocation by putting the head of the humerus back into the joint socket (glenoid fossa) of the scapula - a procedure called manipulation and reduction (M&R).

The "ball" of the joint is the rounded, medial anterior surface of the humerus and the "socket" is formed by the glenoid fossa, the dish-shaped portion of the lateral scapula.

The biceps have 2 heads, the points of origin being the coracoid process on the shoulder blade and the glenoid fossa (where the humerus fits into the shallow socket of the shoulder blade).