Stylomaxillary ligament

Stylomaxillary ligament

The ligament of the maxillary stylohyoideum (lat. ligamentum stylohyoideum) is a fibrous connective structure that attaches the middle and upper jaws to the lateral wall of the pharynx. It begins as a narrow depression on the lateral surface of the mandibular condyle and continues to the roof of the oropharyngeal region, forming a depression that creates a bony platform for the attachment of the mandibular nerve.

The styloid ligament runs from top to bottom along the lateral wall of the oropharynx at the level of the middle third of the distance between the transition of the zygomatic arch to the upper palate and the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage, covering from the outside the middle section of the pharyngeal tonsil and the mouth of the auditory tube. It is caused by connective tissue and consists of bundles of elastic fibers.

The third part of the ligament begins from the alar process of the sphenoid bone, and the second to the root of the tongue. First