The Patient's Sore Jaw Involves Only the Muscles of Mastication

question 27

Multiple Choice

The patient's sore jaw involves only the muscles of mastication and not the TMJ.The description of this condition would then be termed:

• A) Spasm
• B) Arthralgia
• C) Extracapsular
• D) Intracapsular

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Definitions:

Compact Bone

Dense, hard layers of bone tissue that give bones their strength and structure.

Lateral Bone

A bone situated on the side of a body or limb, external to the medial structures.

Anklebones

The bones that form the ankle joint, primarily the tibia, fibula, and talus.

Coxal Bone

Another term for the hip bone, which is a large, flat bone overlying the hip joint on each side of the human pelvis.