Glenoid Fossa A bony cup, or depression,
which faces downward (open end of cup faces down) located on either
side of the skull in the temporal bone. The lower jaw ends (condyles)
fit into these fossae. A complex web of ligaments and muscles holds
the lower jaw in place. A cartilaginous disk is interposed between
the condyle and the fossae (see "DISK"). The front slope
of the fossa is called
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