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Descriptor English:   Temporomandibular Joint Disk 
Descriptor Spanish:   Disco de la Articulación Temporomandibular 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Disco da Articulação Temporomandibular 
Synonyms English:   Articular Disk, Temporomandibular
Disk, Temporomandibular Joint  
Tree Number:   A02.835.583.861.900
A14.907.900
Definition English:   A plate of fibrous tissue that divides the temporomandibular joint into an upper and lower cavity. The disk is attached to the articular capsule and moves forward with the condyle in free opening and protrusion. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p92) 
Indexing Annotation English:   disk displacement: coord IM with DISLOCATIONS (IM); DF: TMJ DISK
History Note English:   97 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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growth & development immunology
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pathology physiology
physiopathology parasitology
radiography radiation effects
radionuclide imaging secretion
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Record Number:   32870 
Unique Identifier:   D019224 

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