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Why does the skull have joints?
The sutures of the skull have several important roles. In development they are straight edged and lie on top of a network of soft cartilage and connective tissue to allow the head of the newborn to deform in order to fit through the narrow birth canal.In adult life the main function of sutures is to distribute impact force evenly around the skull. The collagen present in the interfacial layer coupled with the jagged interlocking distribute impact force evenly across the entire length of the sutures and connecting bone. They are around 5 times stronger under impact than pure bone and as the collagen content goes up with increased interdigitation they can be stronger.Under slow compression only extremely interdigitated suture can match the strength of pure cranial bone.Sources:HUBBARD, R. P. 1971. FLEXURE OF LAYERED CRANIAL BONE. Journal of Biomechanics,4, 251-&.HUBBARD, R. P., MELVIN, J. W. & BARODAWA.IT 1971. FLEXURE OF CRANIAL SUTURES. Journal of Biomechanics, 4,491-&.JASLOW, C. R. 1990. MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF CRANIAL SUTURES. Journal of Biomechanics,23, 313-321.SADLER, T. W. 2010. Systems-Based Embryology. In: HORVARTH, K. (ed.) Langman's Medical Embryology. 11 ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.SCHOENWOLF, G. C., BLEYL, S. B., BRAUER, P. R. & FRANCIS-WEST, P. H. 2009. Origin of Skull. In: CRATER, P. (ed.) Larsen's Human Embryology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Curchill Livingstone.
Does fetal and adult skull have the same bones?
The fetal skeleton is much softer, it has far more bones which fuse by adulthood. also the proporions are much more different, the skull of a fetus is much big in comparison to its body. obviously the fetal skeleton is much much smaller and is more fraile.as development of the facial area of a human develop, the head becomes much less round (so a fetal skeleton would have a rounder head). the face also becomes more defined and features more noticable. I hope this helps.
How do you disprove evolution?
Find some fully formed elephant fossils in Cambrian rock. Find ANY modern animal before it's evolutionary ancestors in the geologic column. Evolution would be unable to explain this.AnswerGOOD LUCK
What is virion?
A virion is an entire virus particle. It is the complete form of a virus with an outer protein shell, an inner core of DNA or RNA, and a capsid.
Would a fully oxidized or fully reduced molecule be a better cellular energy source?
reduced
Is a baby's skull called a fountain?
No. Its called a skull.
How do the number of bones in a human fetus compare to the adult human skull and whether sutures are still open or fused?
The human fetus has 275 bones, many more than the 206 bones found in the adult skeleton. This is because many of the bones described as single bones in the adult have not yet fully ossified and fused in the fetus. The skull's sutures do not close until after the infant ages. Adult sutures are fully closed.
What is the Medical term meaning within the skull?
There are four immovable joints found in the adult cranium that are referred to as sutures. The coronal suture is between the frontal bone and the parietal bone. The sagittal suture is between the two parietal bones. The lambdoidal suture is found between the occipital bone and the parietal bone. The squamosal suture is found between the parietal and the temporal bones.
What does not fully developed mean?
Not fully developed is partial formed.
What was Aphrodite childhood?
She was born fully grown.Aphrodite had no childhood, she emerged fully formed and adult from the sea.
Why are the infants skull joints moveable?
They are like this because the body, including the skull with the brain within, have to grow. Also, during birth, there are stresses that are applied to the skull and the fontanels allow flexibility. The long bones in the body also have features that allow for the same growth.
What part does not contain fully formed urine urinary bladder urethra ureter renal pelvis glomerular capsule?
The glomerular capsule does not contain fully-formed urine.
Who Sprung fully grown from a god's head?
Athena sprung from the head of Zeus fully formed and armed.
What was Aphrodite's childhood like?
She was born fully grown.Aphrodite had no childhood, she emerged fully formed and adult from the sea.
What did Jesus say to Mary when he was born?
Nothing! He was fully human & infant & there is no record in the Bible that he was able to communicate when he was born.
How are seeds found?
When fruit is fully ripen, the seeds are formed.
Why are baby bones so solf?
Their bodies are not fully formed...
