cotyloid
IPA: koʊtɪɫɔɪd
adjective
- (anatomy) Shaped like a cup.
- (anatomy) Relating to a cotyloid cavity.
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Examples of "cotyloid" in Sentences
- They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid"
- They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid" -
- The Glenoidal Labrum (labrum glenoidale; cotyloid ligament).
- The deep cotyloid cavity renders disarticulation difficult and luxation does not often take place.
- The femeropelvic articulation is formed by the hemispherical head of the femur and the acetabulum; the latter constituting a cotyloid cavity which is deepened by the cotyloid ligament.
- Another ligament, peculiar to Equidae -- the accessory (pubiofemoral) -- is attached to the head of the femur near the round ligament and passes through the cotyloid notch and along the under side of the pubis.
- It is bounded by a prominent uneven rim, which is thick and strong above, and serves for the attachment of the glenoidal labrum (cotyloid ligament), which contracts its orifice, and deepens the surface for articulation.
- It should be particularly known that the union of all bones is, for the most part, by a head and socket (cotyle); in some of these the place (socket?) is cotyloid and oblong, and in some the socket is glenoid (shallow?).
- I am inclined to ascribe this to the different anatomical arrangement of the two joints, particularly to the fact that the head of the femur is included in a bony cup, into the hollow of which it is accurately fixed by the resilient cotyloid fibro-cartilage.
- When, therefore, dislocation takes place inward, the leg appears longer than natural, when compared with the other leg, for two reasons truly; for the bone which articulates with the hip-joint is carried from above down to the ischium where it rises up to the pubes, upon it, then, the head of the femur rests, and the neck of the femur is lodged in the cotyloid foramen (foramen thyroideum?).