TMJ Dissection

Below are images of an actual healthy human TMJ. The different images exhibit the TMJ image 'in motion' on the previous page.. Note how the disc is positioned at all times between the condyle and the slope (fossa).

Labeled anatomy, TMJ beginning to open - rotating against disc.	TMJ beginning to move down the slope (fossa).
TMJ still moving down and opening more.	TMJ at maximum extension.