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adj. - Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.

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  • They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid" -
  • 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...
  • 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...
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