Condylar Process (Left)

Description

The condylar processes (condyloid processes) are the two articular, posterosuperiorly located projections found along the superior aspect of the mandible. On its corresponding side, each condylar process:

—is located posterior to a coronoid process;

—is continuous inferiorly with a ramus of mandible;

—consists of a head and neck of mandible;

—provides an insertion site for a lateral pterygoid muscle and an attachment site for the lateral ligament of a temporomandibular joint;

—contributes to the formation of a temporomandibular joint, along with a mandibular fossa of temporal bone and an intervening articular disc of temporomandibular joint.