The glenohumeral joint, commonly known as the shoulder joint, is a multiaxial synovial ball and socket joint and involves articulation between the glenoid fossa of the scapula (shoulder blade) and the head of the humerus (upper arm bone). [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenohumeral_joint ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- GAID:269
- MA:0000459
- NCIT:C33548
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/182168000
- MESH:D012785
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwP32BZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EMAPA:19105
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0037009
- galen:ShoulderJoint
- VHOG:0001002
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenohumeral_joint
- FMA:25912
- UMLS:C0037009 (ncithesaurus:Shoulder_Joint)
Subsets
uberon_slim
definition
- The glenohumeral joint, commonly known as the shoulder joint, is a multiaxial synovial ball and socket joint and involves articulation between the glenoid fossa of the scapula (shoulder blade) and the head of the humerus (upper arm bone). [WP,unvetted].
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Gray327.png
editor note
- note that in this ontology 'glenoid fossa' is a cavity (consistent with FMA) - consider adding a class for the surface of the scapula that is adjacent to this cavity, and making a more explicit connects relationship
external ontology notes
- in FMA, this is part of the bony pectoral girdle, alongside the skeleton of pectoral girdle
has broad synonym
- joint of shoulder
- shoulder joint
has exact synonym
- humeral joint
- articulatio humeri
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- humeroscapular joint
id
- UBERON:0001470
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- skeletal joint and connects some humerus and connects some scapula
Subclass of: