Innervation of the temporomandibular joint.
The human temporomandibular joint in transverse and longitudinal section was found to have two types of mechanoreceptors. One of capsular form approximately 40 times 200 mum innervated by myelinated nerve fibres 8 mum in diameter and the other corresponding to the Golgi tendon organ was innervated by myelinated nerve fibers 15 mum in diameter which on entering the tendon organ lost their myelin sheaths.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006057:Golgi-Mazzoni Corpuscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000294:innervation; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000294:innervation* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013710:Tendons / Q000294:innervation