Skull morphogenesis and growth: hemodynamic influence.
In young dogs movements of cranial bones at the sutura sagittalis and sutura coronalis have been shown. They correlate with arterial blood flow. The connective fiber arrangement in the sutura, which has been found earlier, can be explained as being related to these movements.
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D009068:Movement; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012886:Skull / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology