TMJ exam 2024 with 100% correct answers

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Which bones articulate to form the TMJ? - correct answer✔✔ temporal bone and mandibular bone What parts of the temporal bone form the TMJ? - correct answer✔✔ articular eminence mandibular ... fossa postglenoid process What parts of the mandible bone form the TMJ? - correct answer✔✔ mandibular condyle Articulations for the temporal bone - correct answer✔✔ 1. cranial bone 2. articular eminence 3. mandibular fossa 4. postglenoid process Articulations for the mandibular bone - correct answer✔✔ 1. one of the facial bones 2. mandibular condyle BOTH articulating joints are covered by - correct answer✔✔ fibrocartilate Joint capsule - correct answer✔✔ encloses the TMJ completely. Superiorly, capsule wraps around the articular eminence and mandibular fossa. Inferiorly, capsule wraps around the circumference of the mandibular condyle and neck. Joint capsule has two layers - correct answer✔✔ Outer layer is made of firm fibrous connective tissue Inner layer is made of synovial membrane (thin connective tissue with nerves and blood vessels). *the blood ve [Show More]

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