Cranial suture closing in<i>Homo sapiens:</i>evidence for circaseptennian periodicity

Verhulst, J; Onghena, Patrick

doi:10.1080/03014469700004882

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“…Cranial sutures have been investigated in developmental and pathological anatomy (Oudhof, 1982;Cohen and MacLean, 2000), in comparative anatomy (Long, 1985;Monteiro and Lessa, 2000), in biomechanical issues (Jaslow, 1990), and in physical anthropology (Anton et al, 1992;Gilbert and Palmqvist, 1995;Verhulst and Onghena, 1997), the latter not least in terms of age-related changes (Todd and Lyon, 1924;Workshop of European Anthropologists, 1980;Perizonius, 1984;Meindl and Lovejoy, 1985;Key et al, 1994). While it seems that there may be age-related changes in terms of ossification and the degree of obliteration of the sutures, it has been difficult to develop unbiased and definite criteria for using the sutures in age determination (Perizonius, 1984;Meindl and Lovejoy, 1985;Hauser et al, 1991;Key et al, 1994).…”

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Brief Communication:Age and fractal dimensions of human sagittal and coronal sutures

Lynnerup

Jacobsen

2003

American J Phys Anthropol

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The fractal dimensions of human sagittal and coronal sutures were calculated on 31 complete skulls from the Terry Collection. The aim was to investigate whether the fractal dimension, relying on the whole sutural length, might yield a better description of age-related changes in sutural morphology, as opposed to other methods of quantification, which generally rely on more arbitrary scoring systems. However, the fractal dimension did not yield better age correlations than other previously described methods. At best, the results reflected the general observation that young adults below age 40 years display an age-related development, but that it is impossible to arrive at any precise age determinations for older adults. It seems that for some individuals, suture obliteration simply does not take place, even at an advanced age, whereas for others, suture obliteration progresses rapidly. Until a better understanding of sutural biology is reached, this will render cranial sutures only marginally useful in age determination. This does not mean, however, that investigations should not be made to elucidate more unbiased methods of sutural morphology quantification.

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Brief Communication:Age and fractal dimensions of human sagittal and coronal sutures

Lynnerup

Jacobsen

2003

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Skull sutures ossify the older one gets and in some cases they become completely ossified (Nakahara et al, 2006;Cohen, 1993;Hershkovitz et al, 1997;Perizonius, 1984;Verhulst and Onghena, 1997;Pritchard et al, 1956). It was therefore decided to model the real region of cancellous bone which reduces the skull stiffness rather than a poor zigzag suture character.…”

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Stress distribution and displacement analysis during an intermaxillary disjunction—A three-dimensional FEM study of a human skull

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Geiger

Hohmann

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Journal of Biomechanics

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“…Our previous work had made us aware of the existence of a circaseptennial (about seven years) rhythm in certain developmental aspects of the human skull 2. We therefore decided to examine the data of Heathcote for a possible seven year periodicity in ear growth.…”

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