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Noun: glenoid cavity
  1. The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
    "A dislocated shoulder occurs when the head of the humerus is forced out of the glenoid cavity";
    - glenoid fossa

Derived forms: glenoid cavities

Type of: fossa, pit

Part of: scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone

Encyclopedia: Glenoid cavity