Sutures are soft connective tissue articulations between craniofacial bones. Suture
mechanics deals with patterns of mechanical stress experienced in sutures resulting from …

Craniofacial sutures are soft connective-tissue joints between mineralized skull bones.
Suture mechanobiology refers to the understanding of how mechanical stimuli modulate …

The biomechanical significance of cranial sutures in primates is an open question because
their global impact is unclear, and their material properties are difficult to measure. In this …

In addition to their role in skull growth, sutures are sites of flexibility between the more rigid
bones. Depending on the suture, predominant loading during life may be either tensile or …

Growth and patterning of craniofacial sutures is subjected to the effects of mechanical stress.
Mechanotransduction processes occurring at the margins of the sutures are not precisely …

The global biomechanical impact of cranial sutures on the face and cranium during dynamic
conditions is not well understood. It is hypothesized that sutures act as energy absorbers …

Cranial sutures are unique to skull bones and consist of multiple connective tissue cell
lineages such as mesenchymal cells, fibroblast-like cells, and osteogenic cells, in addition to …

Cranial vault and facial sutures interpose between mineralized bones of the skull, and may
function analogously to appendicular and cranial base growth plates. However, unlike …

Structured Abstract Authors–Herring SW, Ochareon P Problems–The craniofacial region
presents special problems for tissue engineering. First, the stresses and strains that …

In vivo strain gauge analysis demonstrated that tensile bone strain is transmitted along the
cranial vault to the parasagittal region during isotonic temporalis contraction. This strain is …