Cranial base angulation and growth of the human fetal pharynx

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 491-499

  Jeffery, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Development; Evolution; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOGENESIS; PHARYNX; SKULL BASE;

EID: 18244377739     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20183     Document Type: Article

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