TMD and miscellaneous Flashcards
The jaw is controlled directly by the muscles of mastication and indirectly by?
The cervical muscles
The cartilage of the TMJ is made of?
Fibrocartilage
What is significant about knowing what kind of cartilage the TMJ is made of?
Fibrocartilage is easier to repair
Whast are the ligaments of the TMJ?
-Medial collateral
-Lateral Collateral
-Stylomandibular
-Sphenomandibular
What is the only structure that can pull the jaw posteriorly into the joint space?
Superior band of the retrodiscal tissue
What are mandibular opening muscles?
Primary:
-Inferior lateral pterygoid
-Digastric
Secondary:
-Stylohyoid
-Geniohyoid
-Mylohyoid
What are the mandibular closing muscles?
-Temporalis
-Masseter
-Medial Pterygoid
How does lateral movement of the jaw occur?
Combination of:
Same side temporalis
Opposite Pterygoids
What is the average amount of lateral movement of the jaw?
5-10 mm
What muscles perform mandibular protrusion?
-Masseter (superficial head)
-Medial Pterygoid
-Lateral Pterygoid (superior head)
What muscles perform mandibular retrusion?
-Temporalis
-Digastric
-Suprahyoid muscles including Stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid
What innervates the muscles of mastication?
Trigeminal nerve
What cervical levels refer to the TMJ?
C2 and C3
What are the two components of TMJ opening?
Rotation and translation
What is the normal amount of jaw opening?
40-60 mm
The rotational part of jaw opening is what amount of the opening?
The first 20-25 mm
What is the force couple of jaw closing?
The eccentric contraction of the superior lateral pterygoid and the release of passive tension in the retrodiscal tissue
TMD is also called?
Craniomandibular disorder
What are symptoms of craniomandibular disorder?
-Face or jaw pain
-Joint Sounds (29-66%)
-Limitation of jaw movement
-Muscle tenderness
-TMJ joint tenderness
-Headache
-Ear Symptoms
-Cervical spine disorders
What other systems are included in regional involvement of CMD?
-Stomatognathic
-Cervical Spine
-Shoulder Girdle