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        | The mandibular fossa is also known as the ____ fossa and the ____ fossa. |  | 
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        | The disk of the TMJ and the articular surface of the mandible and temporal bone are lines with ____ ____ CT. |  | 
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        | ___ comes with age in the disk of the TMJ, resulting in fibrocartilage. |  | 
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        | central thinner than ant/post. Post thicker than ant. |  | Definition 
 
        | The central portion of the articular disk is ____ than the anterior and posterior. The posterior is ____ than the anterior. |  | 
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        | True, but not in the center of it. |  | Definition 
 
        | T/F: The articular disk is vasularized. |  | 
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        | - water tight, surrounds entire TMJ, contains synovial fluid |  | 
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        | The capsule is reinforced by the ___ ___, also known as the temporomandibular ligament. |  | 
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        | zygomatic tubercle of the temporal bone --> lateral and posterior neck of the mandible |  | Definition 
 
        | The fibers of the lateral/temporomandibular ligament course inferoposteriorly from the ___ ___ of the temporal bone to the ___ and ___ neck of the mandible. |  | 
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        | temporomandibular/lateral ligament |  | Definition 
 
        | - resist extensive rotational movement in opening of the mouth, causing the mandible to move translationally in order to achieve widest opening |  | 
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        | - smaller counterpart to the lateral ligament |  | 
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        | - considered the more important between the lateral and medial ligaments |  | 
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        | sphenomandibular ligament |  | Definition 
 
        | The ___ ____ extends from the spine of the sphenoid bone, between the lateral and medial ligaments, to the lingula of the mandible. |  | 
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        | Stylomandibular and sphenomandibular |  | Definition 
 
        | The ___ ligament and the ____ ligament are non-capsular. |  | 
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        | T/F: The lateral/tempromandibular ligament is a caspular ligament. |  | 
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        | This ligament attaches at the full length of the styloid process and fans out to attach the posterior surface of the angle of the mandible. |  | 
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        | This ligament separates the parotid and submandibular glands and has very little function involving the TMJ. |  | 
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        | mandible and temporal bone |  | Definition 
 
        | The TMJ is the articulation between the ___ and the ____ ___. |  | 
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        | articular tubercle/eminence and mandibular fossa/articular fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | Articular surfaces on the temporal bone are the convex ____ ____ and the concave ___ ___. |  | 
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        | The articular surface of the mandible is the posterior superior projection called the ____ of the mandible. |  | 
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        | hyaline cartilage, fibrocartilage |  | Definition 
 
        | Although most joints are covered by ____ ____ the TMJ is covered by _____. |  | 
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        | This part of the joint is in the lower space between the condyle and the disk. |  | 
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        | This part of the joint is in the upper space, between the temporal bone and the disk. |  | 
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        | Behind the TMJ disk is a bilaminar zone called the ____ ___. |  | 
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        | The ___-___ ____ keeps the retrodiskal tissue highly vascularized and richly innervated. |  | 
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        | This muscle's origin is the inferior edge of the zygomatic arch and inserts along the entire lateral surface of the ramus. |  | 
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        | inferior edge of the zygomatic arch and the lateral surface of the ramus |  | Definition 
 
        | The masseter muscle's origin is the __________ and the insertion is the __________. |  | 
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 | Definition 
 
        | This muscle's origin is the side of the head and temporal fascia and its insertion is the coronoid process and coronoid notch. |  | 
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        | side of head and temporal fascia, coronoid process and coronoid notch |  | Definition 
 
        | The temporalis muscle's origin is the ____ and ____ and its insertion is the ____ and ____. |  | 
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        | This muscle's origin is the medial surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and its insertion is rough water. |  | 
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        | medial surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and rough water |  | Definition 
 
        | The medial pterygoid muscle's origin is the _______ and its insertion is ____. |  | 
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        | lateral pterygoid (superior head) |  | Definition 
 
        | This muscle's origin is the base of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and its insertion is the disk. |  | 
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        | base of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the disk |  | Definition 
 
        | The lateral pterygoid (superior head)'s origin is _____ and its insertion is the ____. |  | 
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        | lateral pterygoid (inferior head) |  | Definition 
 
        | This muscle's origin is the lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and its insertion is the pterygoid fovea of the mandible. |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and pterygoid fovea of the mandible |  | Definition 
 
        | The lateral pterygoid (inferior head)'s origin is the _____ and its insertion is the _____. |  | 
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 | Definition 
 
        | Neurovascular supply of muscles of mastication include branches of the ____ artery and branches of the ____ artery. |  | 
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        | maxillary artery, masseteric and auriculotemporal nerve |  | Definition 
 
        | Neurovascular supply of the TMJ includes branches of the ____ artery and branches of the ____ and ____ nerve. |  | 
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        | This muscle pulls the disk anteriorly. |  | 
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        | elastic fibers pull it when lateral pterygoid muscle relaxes |  | Definition 
 
        | This pulls the disk posteriorly. |  | 
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        | ____ is when the condyle of the mandible becomes dislocated and rests anterior to the eminence. |  | 
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        | The lateral pterygoid and medial pterygoid muscles create this force. |  | 
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        | The posterior fibers of temporalis, deep part of masseter, the geniohyoid and the digastric create this force. |  | 
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        | Temporalis, masster and medial pterygoid create this force. |  | 
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        | Gravity, digastric, geniohyoid, mylohyoid and lateral pterygoid create this force. |  | 
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