Stylomandibular Ligament
Question 1. Name four arteries related to the ramus of the mandible
Answer:
- Maxillary artery
- Superior temporal artery
- Massetric artery
- Inferior alveolar artery
- Mylohyoid artery
- Mental artery
- Facial artery
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Question 2. Name the attachments of pterygomandibular raphe
Answer:
The pterygomandibular raphe is attached immediately behind the third molar tooth in continuation with the origin of the superior constrictor
- Muscles attached to it are:
- Superior constrictor muscle of pharynx
- The buccinator muscle
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Question 3. Ligaments attached to the surface of mandible
Answer:
- Sphenomandibular ligament
- Lateral ligament of temporomandibular joint
Question 4. Stylomandibular ligament
Answer:
- Stylomandibular ligament is accessory ligament of temporomandibular joint
- Stylomandibular ligament is derived from investing layer of deep cervical fascia
Extend:
- From lateral surface of the styloid process of temporal bone
- Up to angle & adjacent parts of posterior border of the ramus of mandible
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Question 5. Sphenomandibular ligament
Answer:
- Sphenomandibular ligament is accessory ligament of TMJ
- Sphenomandibular ligament is remnant of dorsal part of Meckel’s cartilage
Sphenomandibular ligament Location:
- Sphenomandibular ligament lies on a deep plane away from the fibrous capsule of TMJ
Sphenomandibular ligament Attachments:
- Superiorly: To the spine of sphenoid
- Inferiorly: To the lingua of mandibular foramen
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Sphenomandibular ligament Relations: It is related
- Laterally to
- Lateral pterygoid muscle
- Auriculotemporal nerve
- Maxillary artery
- Medially to
- Chorda tympani nerve
- Wall of pharynx
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