Articular tubercle

The articular tubercle (eminentia articularis) is a bony eminence on the temporal bone in the skull. It is a rounded eminence of the anterior root of the posterior end of the outer surface of the squama temporalis. This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.

Articular tubercle
Left temporal bone seen from outside (articular tubercle is top label at left side)
Base of skull seen from below
Details
Identifiers
LatinTuberculum articulare ossis temporalis
TAA02.1.06.073
FMA55416
Anatomical terms of bone

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
  1. Silveira, Olívia dos Santos; Silva, Fernanda Cristina Santos; Almeida, Carlos Eduardo Neves de; Tuji, Fabrício Mesquita; Seraidarian, Paulo Isaias; Manzi, Flávio Ricardo (2014). "Utilização da tomografia computadorizada para o diagnóstico da articulação temporomandibular". Revista CEFAC. 16 (6): 2053–2059. doi:10.1590/1982-0216201418013. ISSN 1982-0216.
  2. 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)


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