title: Cleavage lines of the oral mucosa in Japanese cadavers.
abstract: Cleavage lines were experimentally reproduced in the oral mucosa of Japanese cadavers. They were investigated macroscopically and histologically. The reproduced cleavage lines showed little directional variation by sex or age. From the histological findings, the mucosal cleavage lines were interpreted to represent cleavage split along the direction of connective tissue fibres in the lamina propria.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motegi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000539:Alveolar Process; D002610:Cheek; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010159:Palate; D014059:Tongue