This anatomy can be tricky for some to visualize as its appearance is understood by knowing the direction of x rays and how they course through this process. So to try and show that I’m adding some 3D renderings from a CBCT scan. The zygomatic process of the maxilla appears […]
This Monday I thought I’d go outside the jaws again but this time to the temporal bone, specifically the anterior articular eminence which is on the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. The anterior articular eminence is a bony prominence at the anterior aspect of the glenoid fossa which the […]
This anatomy seems to throw a lot of students off due to the radiopacity it presents as on pantomographs. Being that it’s a soft tissue entity many assume it’s bone as it shows up more radiopaque. This increased radiopacity is due to the ghost image of the opposite ramus. The […]
