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Temporo - Maxillary Articulation. 



45, Left Temporo-Maxillary Articulation, 

 Articulatio temporo-maxillaris, from the outside. 



The bony parts which constitute the temporo-maxillary articulation 

 are : the glenoid cavity, the Tuberculum articular e (Eminentia articular is) 

 of the temporal bone above, and the Cap'dulum (head) of the condyle 

 of the inferior maxilla below. The soft parts of the articulation are : 

 the thin and lax capsular ligament, the external lateral, the 

 internal late r a 1 , the s t y 1 o -maxillary ligaments, and the 

 inter arti c u 1 a r f i b r o - c a r t i 1 a g e. 



The Liyamcntitm latcralc cxtcrmim is a short, broad band, which runs 

 obliquely downward and backward from the zygomatic process of the 

 temporal bone to the Collum (neck) of the condyle of the lower jaw; 

 the inner surface of this ligament is in relation with the interarticular 

 fibre-cartilage and the capsule. 



