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Anatomical considerations on the discomalleolar ligament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1998

J. F. RODRÍGUEZ-VÁZQUEZ ,
J. R. MÉRIDA-VELASCO ,
J. A. MÉRIDA-VELASCO  and
J. JIMÉNEZ-COLLADO
J. F. RODRÍGUEZ-VÁZQUEZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas II, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
J. R. MÉRIDA-VELASCO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas II, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
J. A. MÉRIDA-VELASCO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, España
J. JIMÉNEZ-COLLADO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas II, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
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Abstract

A study was carried out on the discomalleolar ligament by dissection of adult human cadavers. The ligament corresponds to the most internal portion of the superior lamina of the temporomandibular joint capsule. It extends from the posterointernal portion of the temporomandibular joint disc, penetrates the petrotympanic fissure and reaches the malleus of the middle ear. Because of its morphology and anatomical arrangement the discomalleolar ligament should be considered as an intrinsic ligament of the temporomandibular joint and distinguished from the tympanic portion of the sphenomandibular ligament (anterior ligament of the malleus).

Keywords

Temporomandibular jointmiddle ear
Type
Short Report
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 192 , Issue 4 , May 1998 , pp. 617 - 621
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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