Garret has been diagnosed with ankylosis, or extreme stiffening, in his temporomandibular joint. His doctor wants to perform arthroclasia to try to help Garret regain movement. What does this mean?

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O inserting an instrument to examine his TMJ
O surgically breaking his TMJ
O creating an opening to drain his TMJ
O fusing together his TMJ

surgically breaking his TMJ

The correct answer is surgically breaking his TMJ. Arthroclasia involves a surgical procedure where the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is intentionally broken in order to aid in regaining movement.