TMJ disorders - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2018年12月28日 · The temporomandibular (tem-puh-roe-man-DIB-u-lur) joint (TMJ) acts like a sliding hinge, connecting your jawbone to your skull. You have one joint on each side of your jaw. TMJ disorders — a type of temporomandibular disorder or TMD — can cause pain in your jaw joint and in the muscles that control jaw movement.
Mandible - Wikipedia
网页Mandible - Wikipedia. In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lower – and typically more mobile – component of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).
The mandible: Anatomy, structure, function | Kenhub
网页2023年11月3日 · The mandible is the largest bone of the fascial skeleton (viscerocranium). Besides the bones of the middle ear, the mandible is the only mobile bone in the skull. Unlike other bones of the skull, the mandible doesn’t articulate with the surrounding bones via sutures, but rather via a synovial joint called the temporomandibular joint.
The Mandible: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment - Verywell Health
网页2024年8月6日 · Also known as the lower jawbone, the mandible is the largest and strongest bone of the face. Tasked with holding the lower set of teeth in place, this bone has a symmetrical, horseshoe shape.
Mandibular Nerve: Function and Treatment - Verywell Health
网页2024年5月28日 · The mandibular nerve is a division of the trigeminal nerve tasked with directing the movement of chewing muscles and providing sensations to the lower teeth, jaw, gums, chin, lower lip, and tongue. The mandibular nerve is vulnerable to injury leading to nerve pain known as trigeminal neuralgia.
The Mandible - Structure - Attachments - TeachMeAnatomy
网页2022年12月13日 · The mandible, located inferiorly in the facial skeleton, is the largest and strongest bone of the face. It forms the lower jaw and acts as a receptacle for the lower teeth. It also articulates on either side with the temporal bone, forming the temporomandibular joint.
Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) | Johns Hopkins Medicine
网页The temporomandibular joints (TMJ) are the 2 joints that connect your lower jaw to your skull. More specifically, they are the joints that slide and rotate in front of each ear, and consist of the mandible (the lower jaw) and the temporal bone (the side and base of …
Mandible | Description, Anatomy, Function, & Disorders
网页Mandible, in anatomy, the movable lower jaw, consisting of a single bone or of completely fused bones in humans and other mammals. In birds, the mandible constitutes either the upper or the lower segment of the bill, and in invertebrates it is any of the various mouthparts that holds or bites food.
Anatomy, Head and Neck, Mandible - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年4月1日 · The mandible is the largest bone in the human skull, forming the lower jawline and shaping the contour of the inferior third of the face (see Image. Mandible Anatomy). [1] .
Mandible | Encyclopedia | Anatomy.app | Learn anatomy | 3D …
网页The mandible (or lower jawbone, Latin: mandibula) is the only movable bone of the skull and the largest, strongest facial bone. It is a single bone connected to the skull by the temporomandibular joint. The mandible forms the lower jaw and houses the lower or mandibular teeth.
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