Morphological aspects of the mid-palatal suture in the human foetus: A light and scanning electron microscopy study
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1998-12-01
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Del Santo Jr., Marinho
Minarelli, Ana Maria [UNESP]
Liberti, Edson Ap.
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Morphological features of the mid-palatal suture were studied in human foetuses from 4 to 9 months of intra-uterine life. The foetuses were divided into three age groups, GI (16-23 weeks), GII (24-31 weeks) and GIII (32-39 weeks). The mid-palatal suture in GI foetuses is rectilineal in form with a wide space between the palatal processes of the maxilla. The suture has a sinuous nature in GII and GIII foetuses due to growth of the bone processes crossing the mid-line. A wide zone of cellular proliferation observed in GI narrows in GII and GIII foetuses. The imbricating nature of the suture in GII and GIII is caused by bone growth adjacent to the mid-palatal suture. Sharpey's fibres, emerging from the bone processes, run to the median region of the mid-palatal suture and are observed from GI foetuses onwards. The collagen fibres of the mid-palatal suture are orientated transversely under the oral epithelium and exhibit a regular meshwork with a predominance of sagittal fibres in the median region of the suture. These fibres are orientated transversely and obliquely at the junction with the nasal septum.
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collagen, cranial suture, female, fetus, gestational age, histology, human, male, palate, prenatal development, scanning electron microscopy, ultrastructure, Collagen, Cranial Sutures, Female, Fetus, Gestational Age, Humans, Male, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Palate
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European Journal of Orthodontics, v. 20, n. 1, p. 93-99, 1998.