Head and Neck Anatomy 2 Flashcards
What does psychosomatic mean?
A disease or disorder produced by a result of a mental factor
What are the different bones of the TMJ?
- Head of the mandible
- Mandibular fossa
- Articular tubercle
What are the ligaments of the TMJ?
- Spheno-mandibular ligament
- Lateral ligament
What does the TMJ consist of?
- Bones
- Ligaments
- Capsule
- Muscles attaching to or near the joint
- Synovial joint/fibrocartilaginous disc
What does the articular disk allow the TMJ to do?
Allows it to move smoothly
Which muscle is the only one that opens the mouth?
The lateral pterygoid
How is the mandible formed?
By the union, in the midline, of two halves each having a horizontal body and a vertical ramus
Where is the angle of the mandible formed?
Where the ramus and the body meet
What does the ramus of the mandible consist of?
It is flat and has 2 processes at the superior end: coronoid process and condylar process (or head)/ mandibular notch and foramen (where the nerve that supplies the lower teeth is)
What does the body of the mandible consist of?
- Mental foramen
- Mylohyoid line
- Mental spine
- Mylohyoid line and mental spine in the inside of the mandible
- Mental spine - slight projection for muscle attachment
Where does the inferior alveolar nerve come out of the mandible from?
The mental foramen
What are the parts of the temporal bone included within the TMJ?
- Mandibular fossa
- Articular tubercle of the squamous temporal bone
What are the functions of the capsule?
1) Attachments
2) Thickenings; lateral ligament
What are the accessory ligaments of the synovial joint?
Spheno-mandibular and stylo-mandibular
The articular surface of the synovial joint is covered with a fibro-cartilage. What is this fibro-cartilage called?
Hyaline cartilage