TMJ Flashcards
What type of joint is the TMJ?
Modified hinge-type synovial joint
What are the articulations of the TMJ?
- Head of mandible
- Mandibular fossa of temporal bone
What attaches to the lingula?
Spehnomandibular ligament
What attaches to the coronoid process?
Temporalis
What attaches to the pterygoid fovea?
Lateral pterygoid muslce
What attaches to the ramus of the mandible?
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid muscle
What attaches to the angle of the mandible?
- Stylomandibular ligament
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid muscle
Post-glenoid tubercle function
Prevent posterior dislocation of the TMJ
What attaches to the styloid process?
Stylomandibular ligament
What attaches to the spine of the sphenoid?
Sphenomandibular ligament
Two articulation of the temporal bone?
- Mandibular fossa
- Articular eminence
Tempromandibular ligament function
Prevent posterior dislocation of TMJ
What stabilizes the TMJ?
Fibrous joint capsule
The articular disks separates…
The TMJ into two synovial compartments
Hinge/rotational movements of TMJ
Inferior synovial cavity
Gliding/translational actions of TMJ
Superior synovial compartment
Is the retrodiscal tissue vascularized?
Yes, heavily vascularized
Is the central portion of the articular disc vascularized?
No
Does the central portion of the articular disc have sensory innervation?
No
Sensory innervation of the TMJ
Branches of the auriculotemporal nerve