Craniofacial levels and the morphological maturation of the human skull

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-654

  Bastir, Markus ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   O'higgins, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basicranium; Cranial base; Craniofacial ontogeny; Denver Growth Study; Modularity; Procrustes; Sliding semilandmarks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; ONTOGENY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL;

EID: 33750380914     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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