Flexure of cranial sutures.

The mechanical role of the cranial base in palatal shelf movement: an experimental re-examination.

Straightening of a cranial base flexure observed in the midsagittal presphenoid region of mice has been postulated to play a major role in palate closure by providing the internal shelf force for palatal shelf movement. The straightening is thought to take place during the 8 h immediately preceding closure. This mechanical model assumes that straightening of the cranial base flexure is transmit...

Nasal capsular cartilage is required for rat transpalatal suture morphogenesis.

In the cranial vault, suture morphogenesis occurs when the growing cranial bones approximate and overlap or abut one another. Patency of developing sutures is regulated by the underlying dura mater. Once cranial sutures form, bone growth proceeds from the sutures in response to growth signals from the rapidly expanding neurocranium. Facial sutures do not develop in contact with the dura mater. ...

A Preliminary Study of the Relationship between Obliteration of Cranial Sutures and Age at Time of Death

During a forensic investigation, the determination of age at death is typically based on the level of skeletal development. Cranial sutures may help a forensic investigator to determine age at death since there is a predictable interval of age linked to their obliteration. The progression of the obliteration is divided in four stages (from 0 to 3), with the last stage indicating complete oblite...

An investigation into the relationship between the cranial base angle and malocclusion.

A number of authors have suggested that there is a relationship between the degree of cranial base flexion and type of malocclusion, with the angle becoming increasingly obtuse from class III through class I to class II subjects. A retrospective cephalometric study was carried out to examine the contribution of cranial base angle in the four groups of malocclusion as classified by the British S...

IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE SECUROS CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT REPAIR SYSTEM AND FLUOROCARBON LEADER LINE FOR USE AS LATERAL FABELLA-TIBIAL SUTURES A Thesis