Having the semblance of a socket.
Shaped like a small shallow cup or socket.
Resembling a socket of a joint; the depressed or indented articular surface.
The term applied to the shallow socket on the shoulder-blade into which the humerus fits, forming the shoulder-joint.
This term refers to something that is “pit or socket-like.” For instance, the glenoid fossa, a depression or cavity, is located at the top of the scapula, or shoulder blade. It is the area where the head of the humerus, the upper arm bone, slots into.