Common symptoms include: 1  Pain or tenderness in your face, jaw joint area, neck and shoulders, and in or around the ear when you chew, speak, or open your mouth wide. 2  Problems when you try to open your mouth wide. 3  Jaws that get stuck or lock in the open-or closed-mouth position.
Fimbriae: 1  Structure: Similar to pili, but shorter and more abundant on the cell surface. 2  Function: Adhesion of cells to surface and formation of pellicles (biofilms) containing thin sheets of cells on a liquid surface.
Medical Definition of fimbria. plural. fimbriae. \-brÄ-ËÄ, -ËÄ«\play play. 1: a bordering fringe especially at the entrance of the fallopian tubes. 2: a band of nerve fibers bordering the hippocampus and joining the fornix. 3: a pilus of a bacterium.