Morphological investigation into functions of the jaw symphysis in carnivorans

Autor:	Robert P. Scapino
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Orthodontics Symphysis Movement Carnivora Mandible A moderate amount Synostosis Biology medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Jaw Extant taxon Ligaments Articular medicine Animals Dentition Joints Animal Science and Zoology Developmental Biology
Zdroj:	Journal of Morphology. 167:339-375
ISSN:	1097-4687 0362-2525
DOI:	10.1002/jmor.1051670308
Popis:	The hemimandibles in carnivorans may be united in various ways at the symphysis menti. The symphysis may contain a readily flexible joint that permits a moderate amount of independent movement of the hemimandibles. This type of symphyseal union is primitive for and widely distributed in extant carnivorans. In other carnivorans, the symphysis is patent but allows slight or essentially no independent movement of the hemimandibles. Finally, the hemimandibles may be rigidly united by synostosis of the symphysis. The morphology, movement and, insofar as possible, function of these types of symphyses are described.
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