| cotyloid | 1. Cup-shaped; cuplike. 2. Relating to the cotyloid cavity or acetabulum. Origin: G. Kotyle, a small cup, + eidos, appearance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cotyloid cavity | <anatomy> The hollow, cuplike portion of the pelvis into which the head of the thigh bone (femur) fits. <zoology> Also, in entomology, the leg socket on an insect's abdomen or thorax. (12 Mar 1998) |
| cotyloid joint | A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone, as in the hip joint. Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotyloid ligament | A fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum of the hip bone. Synonym: labrum acetabulare, acetabular lip, circumferential cartilage, cotyloid ligament, ligamentum cotyloideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotyloid notch | A gap in the inferior the margin of the acetabulum. Synonym: incisura acetabuli, cotyloid notch. (05 Mar 2000) |