The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Articular capsule of temporomandibular jointCapsula articularis articuli temporomandibularisThe thin, loose fibrous envelope of the jaw joint, joining the temporal bone above to the neck of the mandible below.
- Inferior tarsusTarsus inferiorThe thin plate of dense connective tissue that stiffens the lower eyelid, lying just above its free margin.
- Lateral temporomandibular ligamentLigamentum temporomandibulare lateraleThe thickened outer wall of the jaw joint capsule, running from the articular tubercle down and back to the mandibular neck.
- Pterygospinous ligamentLigamentum pterygospinaleA small band in the deep face tying the sphenoid spine to the lateral pterygoid plate.
- Sphenomandibular ligamentLigamentum sphenomandibulareA thin flat band beside the jaw joint, running from the spine of the sphenoid down to the lingula of the mandible.
- Stylohyoid ligamentLigamentum stylohyoideumA fibrous cord in the side of the neck running from the tip of the styloid process to the lesser horn of the hyoid.
- Stylomandibular ligamentLigamentum stylomandibulareA fascial band below the ear stretching from the styloid process to the angle and back edge of the mandible.
- Superior tarsusTarsus superiorThe larger, crescent-shaped plate of dense connective tissue that forms the framework of the upper eyelid and anchors the muscles that raise it.