title: Aspects of morphology and guidance of the human temporomandibular joint.
abstract: Examinations of the curvature morphology of the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) in macerated human skulls yielded that in initial protrusive cranial border motion, parts of the condylar articulating surfaces are only functional under force transmission. These areas were found on the lateral-central side of the condyle. In contrast to the Cercopithecus mona, a monkey species, the human TMJ apparently possesses a distinctly higher spatial performance range.
authors: Department of Orthodontics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany. lhlow@t-online.de
authors: Dankmar
authors: D
authors: Ihlow
authors: Dietmar
authors: D
authors: Kubein-Meesenburg
authors: Jochen
authors: J
authors: Fanghänel
authors: Kirsten M
authors: KM
authors: Thieme
authors: Wolfram
authors: W
authors: Hahn
authors: Henning
authors: H
authors: Dathe
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Zech
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Nägerl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology