TMJ

Question 1

Median occlusal position

Answer 1

the position in which the teeth are fully interdigitated

Question 2

skelton of the tongue

Answer 2

Hyoid bone

Question 3

Restrains movement of the lower jaw and prevents compression of the tissue behind the condyle

Answer 3

temporomandibular or lateral ligament

Question 4

restrains to keep the condyle disc and temporal bone firmly opposed

Answer 4

shenomandibular and stylomandibular ligaments

Question 5

what the forward head posture does to TMJ

Answer 5

mandible is pulled inferiorly and posteriorly, changing the position of the condyle within the TMJ
Altered supra and infra hyoid mm resting position

Question 6

early clicking implies

Answer 6

a developming dysfunction

Question 7

late clicking implies

Answer 7

a chronic problem

Question 8

Centric Occlusion

Answer 8

is the relation of the jaw and teeth when there is maximum contact of the teeth and it is the position assumed by the jaw in swallowing