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Descriptor English: Glenoid Cavity
Descriptor Spanish: Cavidad Glenoidea
Descriptor cavidad glenoidea
Scope note: Depresión en el ángulo lateral de la escápula, que se articula con la CABEZA DEL HÚMERO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cavidade Glenoide
Descriptor French: Cavité glénoïde
Entry term(s): Cavities, Glenoid
Cavity, Glenoid
Fossa, Glenoid
Fossas, Glenoid
Glenoid Fossa
Glenoid Fossa of the Scapula
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.087.783.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061165
Scope note: A depression in the lateral angle of the scapula that articulates with the HUMERAL HEAD.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Scapula (1963-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54414
Unique ID: D061165
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Glenoid Cavity - Preferred
Concept UI M0556524
Scope note A depression in the lateral angle of the scapula that articulates with the HUMERAL HEAD.
Preferred term Glenoid Cavity
Entry term(s) Cavities, Glenoid
Cavity, Glenoid
Fossa, Glenoid
Fossas, Glenoid
Glenoid Fossa
Glenoid Fossa of the Scapula



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