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Noun glenoid fossa has 2 senses
  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
    --1 is a kind of pit, fossa
    --1 is a part of temporal bone, os temporale
  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
    --2 is a kind of pit, fossa
    --2 is a part of scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone
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