Dumbbell-formed lipomas under the zygomatic arch

In vivo bone strain patterns in the zygo

In vivo bone strain patterns in the zygomatic arch of macaques and the significance of these patterns for functional interpretations of craniofacial form

✍ Hylander, William L.; Johnson, Kirk R. 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 349 KB 👁 2 views

It has been proposed that the mammalian facial skeleton is optimized for countering or dissipating masticatory stress. As optimized loadbearing structures by definition exhibit maximum strength with a minimum amount of material, this hypothesis predicts that during chewing and biting there should be