Group · Joints & ligaments
Temporomandibular joint
Articulatio temporomandibularis
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Joints of skull
DescriptionUnreviewed
In anatomy, the temporomandibular joints (TMJ) are the two joints connecting the jawbone to the skull.
It is a bilateral synovial articulation between the temporal bone of the skull above and the mandible below; it is from these bones that its name is derived.
This joint is unique in that it is a bilateral joint that functions as one unit.
Since the TMJ is connected to the mandible, the right and left joints must function together and therefore are not independent of each other.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Articulatio temporomandibularis
- English
- Temporomandibular joint
- French
- Articulation temporomandibulaire
- Spanish
- Articulación temporomandibular
- Portuguese
- Articulação temporomandibular