A method for the differentiation of sutural patterns of the human cranial vault is introduced. Three criteria of differentiation are considered, one for size and two for shape: 1) maximal shape extension; 2) basic configuration; 3) secondary protrusion. The method is illustrated here for the coronal and lambdoid sutures of 70 recent Italian skulls (35 adult males and 35 adult females). Differences between coronal and lambdoid sutural size and shape can be detected analytically; for example, the coronal suture commonly shows lesser degrees of shape extension, a simpler basic configuration, and an absence of secondary protrusion. Heterogeneity within each suture, as well as a relationship among corresponding sections and between the three criteria adopted, have been also observed; symmetry predominates for both the sutures, and sexual differences are slight.

Size and shape of human cranial sutures--a new scoring method / Gertrud, Hauser; Manzi, Giorgio; Alessandro, Vienna; Gian Franco De, Stefano. - In: THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0002-9106. - 190:3(1991), pp. 231-244. [10.1002/aja.1001900304]

Size and shape of human cranial sutures--a new scoring method.

MANZI, Giorgio;
1991

Abstract

A method for the differentiation of sutural patterns of the human cranial vault is introduced. Three criteria of differentiation are considered, one for size and two for shape: 1) maximal shape extension; 2) basic configuration; 3) secondary protrusion. The method is illustrated here for the coronal and lambdoid sutures of 70 recent Italian skulls (35 adult males and 35 adult females). Differences between coronal and lambdoid sutural size and shape can be detected analytically; for example, the coronal suture commonly shows lesser degrees of shape extension, a simpler basic configuration, and an absence of secondary protrusion. Heterogeneity within each suture, as well as a relationship among corresponding sections and between the three criteria adopted, have been also observed; symmetry predominates for both the sutures, and sexual differences are slight.
1991
methods; sex characteristics; female; cranial sutures; male; anatomy /&/ histology; adult; humans
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Size and shape of human cranial sutures--a new scoring method / Gertrud, Hauser; Manzi, Giorgio; Alessandro, Vienna; Gian Franco De, Stefano. - In: THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0002-9106. - 190:3(1991), pp. 231-244. [10.1002/aja.1001900304]
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