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 …

Birds are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, with species inhabiting a wide
variety of niches across every major biome. As such, birds are vital to our understanding of …

Clinical and biomechanical evidence indicates that mechanisms and pathology of head
injury in infants and young children may be different from those in adults. Biomechanical …

Crucial to the interpretation of the results of any finite element analysis of a skeletal system is
a test of the validity of the results and an assessment of the sensitivity of the model …

Sutures form an integral part of the functioning skull, but their role has long been debated
among vertebrate morphologists and palaeontologists. Furthermore, the relationship …

Irregular interdigitated morphology is prevalent in biological sutures in nature. Suture
complexity index has long been recognized as the most important morphological parameter …

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The mammalian cranial vault largely consists of five flat bones that are joined together along
their edges by soft fibrous tissues called sutures. Premature closure of the cranial sutures …

It is widely believed that rapid growth of the human brain generates tensile strain in cranial
sutures, and that this strain influences the rate of bone deposition at the sutural margins …

Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of the calvarial sutures that is associated with a
number of physical and intellectual disabilities spanning from pediatric to adult years. Over …