Articular tubercle
| Articular tubercle | |
|---|---|
 Left temporal bone seen from outside (articular tubercle is top label at left side) | |
 Base of skull seen from below | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis |
| TA98 | A02.1.06.073 |
| TA2 | 714 |
| FMA | 55416 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
The articular tubercle (eminentia articularis) is a bony eminence on the
squama temporalis. This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa
, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.
The
mandibular condyle normally moves over the articular tubercle during physiologic maximal opening of the jaw.[1] The articular tubercle is the site of attachment of the lateral ligament of the temporomandibular joint.[2]
References
- ISSN 1982-0216.
- ^ articular tubercle: Earth's Lab- Retrieved 2018-08-30
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 139 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Image at wayne.edu
- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
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