Name the parts of the skeleton where the following are located - transverse process, glenoid cavity, shoulder-blade, acetabulum

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The transverse processes are found in vertebrae. They are thick sideward projections from the neural arch.

A glenoid cavity is the cup-shaped depression or socket present in the shoulder girdle (pectoral girdle). There are two flat triangular shoulder blades on the dorsal side of the body.They are also called the scapula.

Acetabulum is the large articular large cup- shaped cavity in the hip girdle that allows the head of the femur to fit in it.

A glenoid cavity is the cup-shaped depression or socket present in the shoulder girdle (pectoral girdle).

There are two flat triangular shoulder blades on the dorsal side of the body. They are also called the scapula.

Acetabulum is the large articular large cup-shaped cavity in the hip girdle that allows the head of the femur to fit in it.

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