In human fetuses, the diskomalleolar ligament was found to extend from the articular disk and capsule through the petrotympanic fissure to Meckel's cartilage and the malleus. In the adult, the retrodiskal fibers were continuous with the origin of the anterior ligament of the malleus and from the walls of the petrotympanic fissure.
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