gle'noid

[G. glene, a socket, + eidos, appearance.] Resembling a socket, noting two articular depre ions entering into the formation of the shoulder-joint and the articulation of the jaw. g. cav'ity, g. fos'sa, (i) a hollow formed by the g. surface of the external angle or head of the scapula and the g. ligament, which receives the head of the humerus (2) fo a mandibular is of the temporal bone which; receives the condyle of the mandible, g. lig'ament, (i) a ring of dense fibrous ti ue attached to the margin of the glenoid surface of the scapula, forming with the latter the g. fo a or cavity, labrum glenoid ale [BNA]; (2) Cru->'eilhier's ligament, on the plantar surface of each me tatar so phalangeal articulation, g. sur'face, a slightly concave oval surface on the head of the scapula, forming with the g. ligament the g. fo a.