TMJ Lecture 1 Flashcards
What is TMJ?
Refers to temporomandibular joint
What is TMD?
Disorders of the joint
What is CMD?
Craniomandibular disorder
- Broader definition
Where does TMD rank in terms of chronic pain world wide? (1st?, 5th?, 10th?, etc…)
3rd
Do women or men more commonly develop TMD?
Women (3.3:1)
When does TMD peak?
Between 20 - 40 years old
When does TMJ disc displacement/ internal derrangements peak?
30 years of age
When does arthridies of the TMJ peak?
50 years of age
What are the 3 skeletal components of the TMJ?
- Maxilla
- Temporal bone
- Mandible
(condyle forms a bony joint partner)
What are the shapes of the mandibular joint surfaces?
- Convex anterior-posteriorly, and medial-laterally
Which pole of the mandible is most prominent from an anterior view?
Medial
What structure of the temporal bone does the mandible slide over during mouth opening?
The articular eminence
Where does the mandibular bone rest with the mouth shut?
- On the mandibular fossa
Which portion of the articular disc is thinnest?
The middle portion between the anterior and posterior aspects.
What structure controls the movement of the disc from the posterior aspect?
The retrodiscal laminae
What structure on the anterior aspect of the disc helps to control movement?
The lateral pterygoid muscle.
What structural effect does the disc have on the joint space?
- Divides it into an upper and lower portion
What are the 4 passive structures that stabilize the TMJ?
- Joint capsule
- Lateral TM ligament
- Stylomandibular ligament
- Sphenomandibular ligament
What are the 2 lateral ligaments of the TMJ, and what is their function?
- Lateral temporomandibular ligament
- Stylomandibular ligament
- Control end-range positioning
What structures are closely associated with the TMJ passive structures?
- Nerves and blood vessels
- Maxillary artery
- Lingual nerve
What ligament is found on the medial side of the TMJ?
- Sphenomandibular ligament
What areas receive sensory innervation from C2, C3, and C4?
C2: Back half of the head
C3: Lower posterior portion of head into the shoulder
C4: Shoulder, anterior and posterior thorax
What nerve innervates the face?
- The trigeminal nerve
Which trigeminal nerves are purely sensory, and what portions of the face do they innervate?
- Opthalmic: Forehead to eyes
- Maxillary: Maxilla
Which trigeminal nerve is both sensory and motor? What does it innervate?
- Mandibular nerve
- Sensory to mouth and jaw
- Motor control of muscles of mastication
Where does the afferent input of the trigeminal nerve originate before it enters the spinal tract?
At the level of the pons
What other pain fibers also synapse on the spinal nucleus of the the trigeminal nerve?
C1 - C4
What 4 muscles close the jaw?
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid
- Portions of lateral pterygoid
What 4 muscles open the jaw?
- Diagastric
- Mylohyoid
- Genohyoid
- Omohyoid
What 3 muscles assist gravity in opening the mouth?
- Infrahyoid
- Suprahyoid
- Inferior head of lateral pterygoid
Which portion of the lateral pterygoid may be active in pulling the disc forward in mouth opening?
- Superior head of lateral pterygoid.
What 3 muscles are concentrically active during mouth closing?
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid