Ossification and Midline Shape Changes of the Human Fetal Cranial Base

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-90

  Jeffery, Nathan ^a   Spoor, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angulation; Basicranium; Endochondral ossification; Evolution; MRI; Prenatal development; Shape; Sphenoid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SPHENOID;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0348050045     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10292     Document Type: Article

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