Capsule of temporomandibular joint

Capsule of temporomandibular joint
Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. (Capsular lig. labeled at center.)
Details
Latin	capsula articularis articulationis temporomandibularis
Identifiers
Gray's	p.297
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_07/12211184
Anatomical terminology

The articular capsule (capsular ligament) is a thin, loose envelope, attached above to the circumference of the mandibular fossa and the articular tubercle immediately in front; below, to the neck of the condyle of the mandible.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Joints and ligaments of the head and neck

Temporomandibular

Lateral
- Temporomandibular ligament
Medial
- Sphenomandibular ligament
- Stylomandibular ligament

Atlanto-occipital

capsule
membranes (anterior atlantoöccipital membrane
posterior atlantoöccipital membrane)

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Capsule of temporomandibular joint

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