| Namespace | MPheno.ontology | Obsolete | false |
| description | any structural anomaly of the oval, biconcave, avascular fibrocartilaginous structure located between the condyle of the mandible and the mandibular (glenoid) fossa of the temporal bone; the disk provides the gliding surface for the mandibular condyle, resulting in smooth joint movement; it splits the temporomandibular joint into two synovial joint cavities, each lined by a synovial membrane, and separates translational and rotational motion |
