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What is Retrodiscal Tissue
-https://www.physio-pedia.com/TMJ_Anatomy
Unlike the disc itself this tissue is vascular and highly innervated. As such, this tissue is often a contributor to the pain of Temporomandibular disorder-especially when there is inflammation or compression within the joint
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-What are the Oto-mandibular ligaments.
-the oto-mandibular ligaments are the discomalleolar ligament (DML), which arises from the malleus (one of the ossicles of the middle ear) and runs to the medial retrodiscal tissue of the TMJ, and the anterior malleolar ligament (AML), which arises from the malleus and connects with the lingula of the mandible via the sphenomandibular ligament[3] -it has been proposed that a TMJ disorder may stretch the DML and AML, thereby affecting middle ear structure equilibrium[7][8][9][10]. “It thus seems that otic symptoms (tinnitus, otalgia (ear pain), dizziness and hypoacusis) corresponding to altered ossicular spatial relationships (such as conductive middle ear pathologies) can also be produced from masticatory system pathologies. -https://www.physio-pedia.com/TMJ_Anatomy
These ligaments may be implicated in tinnitus associated with TMD
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