glenoid fossa

English Thesaurus

1. the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint (noun.body)

hypernym	:	fossa, pit,
definition	:	a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun.shape)

part meronym	:	scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone,
definition	:	either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings (noun.body)

2. a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible (noun.body)

hypernym	:	fossa, pit,
definition	:	a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun.shape)

part meronym	:	os temporale, temporal bone,
definition	:	a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear (noun.body)