BonesandLigaments
TemporomandibularJoint
Plate18
Lateral view
Joint capsule
Styloid process
Stylomandibular ligament
Lateral (temporomandibular) ligament
Sphenomandibular ligament (
phantom
)
Sphenomandibular ligament
Mandibular nerve
and otic ganglion
Joint capsule
Auriculotemporal nerve
Middle meningeal
artery
Maxillary artery
Inferior alveolar nerve
Lingual nerve
Sphenomandibular ligament
Stylomandibular ligament
Mandibular fossa
Articular disc
Articular tubercle
Mylohyoid branch of
inferior alveolar artery
and mylohyoid nerve
Medial view
Jaws widely
opened
Jaws slightly
opened
Joint capsule
Jaws closed
(hinge action
predominates)
(hinge and gliding
actions combined)
