4. On the Movements of the Articulation of the Lower Jaw

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After alluding to the difficulty of determining the precise anatomical configuration of the condyles of the lower jaw, especially in the human subject, the temporo-maxillary articulation admitting of a multiplicity of movements, and these again being liable to modification by different accidental and other conditions of relative structures, such as the teeth, &c., the author stated that a general principle would nevertheless be found to prevail, and in general to be distinctly traceable in this joint, whatever might be the modifications existing either in its function or external form.