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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΨΙΜΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΓΕΝΝΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΝΙΟΥ

Abstract

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THE STUDY IS CONSISTED OF TWO PARTS: IN THE FIRST PART THE RATE AND THE PATTERN OF GROWTH OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SKULL IS DETERMINED. IN THE SECOND PART, THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE SKULL IS COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF GROWTH OF OTHER ORGANS AND THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE BODY AS A WHOLE. VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF THE SKULL WERE ESTIMATED IN THE PLAIN RADIOGRAMS OF 180 INDIVIDUALS (80 MALES AND 100 FEMALES). THE CONCLUSIONS ARE: 1) DURING THE PERIOD STUDIED, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSTERIOR FOSSA IS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THAT OF THE HEMISPHERIC CAVITY. 2) THE LACK OF CONSIDERABLE INCREASE OF ANTERIOR FOSSA SUGGESTS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKULL BASE DOES NOT EXHIBIT A UNIFORM PATTERN. 3) AMONG THE VARIOUS "PARTS" OF THE HEMISPHERIC CAVITY, ONLY THE INDEX OF THE CALVARIA THICKNESS SEEMS TO FOLLOW A CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT. 4) THE SKULL, AS A WHOLE, EXHIBITS A RATE OF GROWTH IDENTICAL WITH THAT OF THE CEREBRUM. THIS RATE IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THAT OF THE BODY AND LOWER THAN THE RATE OF VARIOUS OTHER TISSUES OF THE DEVELOPING BODY, DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF GROWTH.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1984

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Karabelas, Georgios
  • Καράμπελας, Γεώργιος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0427
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0427

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2026-07-24
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citation

Karabelas, Georgios; Καράμπελας, Γεώργιος. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΨΙΜΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΓΕΝΝΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΝΙΟΥ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1984. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0427