glenoid fossa


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Noun1.glenoid fossa - a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandibleglenoid fossa - a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
os temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
fossa, pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
2.glenoid fossa - the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone - either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
fossa, pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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[USPRwire, Fri Apr 05 2019] The high cost of prosthetic surgeries, regulatory guidelines, and the complex prosthetic procedure of glenoid fossa is hampering the demand for glenoid fossa prosthesis market.
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One of the morphological parameters of TMJ is measuring thickness of the roof of the glenoid fossa, which is, in radiologic analysis, indirectly related to ZACD presence (2,3).
Furthermore, the acromial coverage provided by the variable acromial length has been theorised to increase or decrease the size of the deltoid moment arm, thus causing a decentralization of the deltoid force vector on the rotational centre of glenoid fossa (Moor et al., 2014a; Viehofer et al.).
Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed vasogenic edema in the left temporal lobe secondary to intracranial displacement of the left mandibular condyle through a 1.3 x 0.7 cm defect of the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.
ID refers to an abnormal positional relationship of the articular disc in relation to the mandibular condyle and the articular eminence in the glenoid fossa, in the temporal bone [5, 10, 11, 14].
White et al., "Trans-subscapularis portal versus low-anterior portal for low anchor placement on the inferior glenoid fossa: a cadaveric shoulder study with computed tomographic analysis," Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, vol.
In type II, the temporomandibular joint, ramus, and glenoid fossa are hypoplastic and malformed.
The presence of advancement devices seems to induce adaptive changes in the condylar cartilage (Liu, Kaneko, & Soma, 2007a; Sato, Muramoto, & Soma, 2006), glenoid fossa and articular eminence (Liu, Kaneko, & Soma, 2007b; Tuominen, Kantomaa, Pirttiniemi, & Poikela, 1996; Woodside, Metaxas, & Altuna, 1987), but little has been described about the effects of PDT.