Brief communication: Histology and micro CT as methods for assessment of facial suture patency

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Reinholt, Lauren E ^a,b,c,d   Burrows, Anne M ^a,b,c,d   Eiting, Thomas P ^a,b,c,d   Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a,b,c,d   Smith, Timothy D ^a,b,c,d  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial development; Facial growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAXILLA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PROSIMIAN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; FACIAL BONES; GALAGO; PHYLOGENY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 63449111558     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21001     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Beecher RM. 2005. Function and fusion at the mandibular symphysis. Am J Phys Anthropol 47:325-336.
2. Behrents RG, Carlson DS, Ahdelnour T. 1978. In vivo analysis of bone strain about the sagittal suture in Macaca mulatto during masticatory movements. J Dent Res 57:904-908.
3. Bradley JP, Levine JP, Roth DA, McCarthy JG, Longaker MT. 1996. Studies in cranial suture biology. IV. Temporal sequence of posterior frontal cranial suture fusion in the mouse. Plast Reconstr Surg 98:1039-1045.
4. Burrows AM, Richtsmeier JT, Mooney MP, Smith TD, Losken HW, Siegel MI. 1999. Three-dimensional analysis of craniofacial form in a familial rabbit model of coronal craniosynostosis using Euclidean distance matrix analysis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 36:196-206.
5. Byron CD. 2006. Role of the osteoclast in cranial suture waveform patterning. Anat Rec A 288:552-563.
6. Cray J, Meindl RS, Sherwood CC, Lovejoy CO. 2008. Ectocranial suture closure in Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla: pattern and phylogen. Am J Phys Anthropol 136:394-399.
7. Herring SW. 2008. Mechanical influences on suture development and patency. In: Rice DP, editor. Craniofacial sutures, development, disease, and treatment, Vol 12. Front Oral Biol. Basel: Karger. p 41-56.
8. Herring SW, Rafferty KL, Liu ZJ, Marshall CD. 2001. Jaw muscles and the skull in mammals: the biomechanics of mastication. Comp Biochem Physiol Part A: Mol Integr Physiol 31:207-219.
9. Hylander WL. 1979. Mandibular function in Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fascicularis: an in vivo approach to stress analysis of the mandible. J Morphol 159:253-296.
10. Key CA, Aiello LC, Molleson T. 1994. Cranial suture closure and its implications for age estimation. Int J Osteoarchol 4:193-207.
11. Korbmacher H, Schilling A, Püschel K, Amling M, Kahl-Nieke B. 2007. Age-dependent three-dimensional microcomputed tomography analysis of the human midpalatal suture. J Orofac Orthop 68:364-376.
12. Pritchard JJ, Scott JH, Girgis FG. 1956. The structure and development of cranial and facial sutures. J Anat 90:73-86.
13. Rafferty KL, Herring SW, Marshall CD. 2003. Biomechanics of the rostrum and the role of facial sutures. J Morphol 257:33-44.
14. Ravosa MJ, Johnson KR, Hylander WL. 2000. Strain in the galago facial skull. J Morphol 245:51-66.
15. Recinos RF, Hanger CC, Schaefer RB, Dawson CA, Gosain AK. 2004. Microfocal CT: a method for evaluating murine cranial sutures in situ. J Surg Res 116:322-329.
16. Ross CF. 2005. Finite element analysis in vertebrate biomechanics. Anat Rec 283:253-258.
17. Schmechel DE, Burkhart DS, Ange R, Izard MK. 1996. Cholinergic axonal dystrophy and mitochondrial pathology in prosimian primates. Exp Neurol 142:111-127.
18. Smith TD, Bhatnagar KP, Burrows AM, Shimp KL, Dennis JC, Smith MA, Maico-Tan L, Morrison EE. 2005. The vomeronasal organ of greater bushbabies (Otolemur sp.): species, sex, and age differences. J Neurocytol 34:135-147.
19. Stadler JA, Cortes W, Zhang L-L, Hanger CC, Gosain AK. 2006. A reinvestigation of murine cranial suture biology: microcomputed tomography versus histologic technique. Plast Reconstr Surg 118:626-634.
20. Wang Q, Opperman LA, Havill LM, Carlson DS, Dechow PC. 2006a. Inheritance of sutural pattern at the pterion in rhesus monkey skulls. Anat Rec Part A: Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 288:1042-1049.
21. Wang Q, Strait DS, Dechow PC. 2006b. Fusion patterns of craniofacial sutures in rhesus monkey skulls of known age and sex from Cayo Santiago. Am J Phys Anthropol 131:469-485.
22. Yu JC, Wright RL, Williamson MA, Braselton JP, Abell ML. 2003. A fractal analysis of human sutures. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 40:409-415.