Articular eminence

Articular tubercle
Left temporal bone seen from outside (articular tubercle is top label at left side)
Base of skull seen from below
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_21/12828747
TA	A02.1.06.073
FMA	55416
Anatomical terms of bone []

The articular tubercle (eminentia articularis) is a bony eminence on the temporal bone in the skull. It is a rounded eminence of the anterior root of the posterior end of the outer surface of the squama temporalis. This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.

The mandibular condyle normally moves over the articular tubercle during physiologic maximal opening of the jaw.

Base of skull seen from below (articular tubercle labelled)

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)