Temporomandibular Joint Disc
"Temporomandibular Joint Disc" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plate of fibrous tissue that divides the temporomandibular joint into an upper and lower cavity. The disc is attached to the articular capsule and moves forward with the condyle in free opening and protrusion. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p92)
| Descriptor ID |
D019224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.861.900 A14.907.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Temporomandibular Joint Disc- Temporomandibular Joint Disc
- Disc, Temporomandibular Joint
- Discs, Temporomandibular Joint
- Joint Disc, Temporomandibular
- Joint Discs, Temporomandibular
- Temporomandibular Joint Discs
- Disk, Temporomandibular Joint
- Articular Disc, Temporomandibular
- Articular Discs, Temporomandibular
- Disc, Temporomandibular Articular
- Discs, Temporomandibular Articular
- Temporomandibular Articular Disc
- Temporomandibular Articular Discs
- Articular Disk, Temporomandibular
- Articular Disks, Temporomandibular
- Disk, Temporomandibular Articular
- Disks, Temporomandibular Articular
- Temporomandibular Articular Disk
- Temporomandibular Articular Disks
- Temporomandibular Joint Disk
- Disks, Temporomandibular Joint
- Joint Disk, Temporomandibular
- Joint Disks, Temporomandibular
- Temporomandibular Joint Disks
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