Foundational Model of Anatomy

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Preferred Name

Stylomandibular ligament

Synonyms

Stylomandibular ligament of temporomandibular joint

Definitions

Ligament of temporomandibular joint, each instance of which is an aponeurotic band attached superiorly to the tip of the styloid process of some temporal bone and inferiorly to the angle and posterior margin of the ramus of some mandible; it represents a thickening of some parotid fascia.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma57083

definition

Ligament of temporomandibular joint, each instance of which is an aponeurotic band attached superiorly to the tip of the styloid process of some temporal bone and inferiorly to the angle and posterior margin of the ramus of some mandible; it represents a thickening of some parotid fascia.

FMAID

57083

label

Stylomandibular ligament

non-English equivalent

Ligamentum stylomandibulare

Ligament stylomandibulaire

preferred name

Stylomandibular ligament

prefixIRI

fma:fma57083

synonym

Stylomandibular ligament of temporomandibular joint

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma57070

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