These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Radiographic determination of prenatal basicranial ossification.
    Author: Kjaer I.
    Journal: J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol; 1990; 10(2):113-23. PubMed ID: 2211961.
    Abstract:
    In a previous investigation on prenatal development of the human cranial base, the sequence in which the bones develop in the midsagittal region was elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to identify fetal ossification on horizontal plane roentgenograms of the occipital and sphenoid bones in the central part of the cranial base, and establish stages in bone appearance related to general fetal developmental parameters. This study is based upon roentgenograms of the cranial base of 145 human fetuses from the first half of the prenatal period. Two different maturation patterns of the sphenoid bone were observed. The first, most common pattern is characterized by a midsagittal centre of ossification and the second by bilateral centres of ossification in the corpus of the sphenoid bone. These bilateral centres might in some cases be connected by a slight bony bridge. It appears that these different maturation patterns are maintained throughout the period investigated. The material was divided into five well-defined developmental stages for both maturation patterns and general parameters of fetal development. Mapping different aspects of ossification in normal cranial development is necessary for understanding deviations of cranial maturation and growth.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]