maxillo-mandibular ligament
- maxillo-mandibular ligament
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a ligament intimately involved with the adductor mandibulae muscles. It attaches to the proximal end of the maxilla, the opposite end attaches to the angular bone near the quadrato-articular joint and a third deeper part attaches to the coronoid processes of the dentary and the angular bones and then passes to the lower jaw. Adductor mandibulae (part 1) inserts at the centre of the of the ligament and part 2 and part 3 insert beneath and medial to the insertion of part 1
Dictionary of ichthyology.
2009.
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