Normal craniovascular variation in two modern European adult populations

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/19:10407385

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334014241_Normal_craniovascular_variation_in_two_modern_European_adult_populations_Normal_craniovascular_traits_in_adult_humans" target="_blank" >https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334014241_Normal_craniovascular_variation_in_two_modern_European_adult_populations_Normal_craniovascular_traits_in_adult_humans</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13019" target="_blank" >10.1111/joa.13019</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Normal craniovascular variation in two modern European adult populations

Original language description

The vascular networks running into the meningeal layers, between the brain and braincase, leave imprints on the endocranial surface. The main vascular elements are associated with the middle meningeal artery, the venous sinuses of the dura mater, and the emissary veins. Most of these vascular systems have been hypothesized to be involved in endocranial thermal regulation. Although these traits deal with macroanatomical features, much information on their variation is still lacking. In this survey, we analyze a set of craniovascular imprints in two European dry skull samples with different neurocranial proportions: a brachycephalic Czech sample (n=103) and a mesocephalic Italian sample (n=152). We analyzed variation and distribution, correlation with cranial metrics, and sex differences in the dominance of the branches of the middle meningeal artery, the patterns of confluence of the sinuses, and the size of the emissary foramina. The descriptive statistics provide a reference to compare specimens and samples from different case studies. When compared with the Italian skulls, the Czech skulls display a greater dominance of the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery and more asymmetric right-dominance of the confluence of the venous sinuses. There is no sex difference in the middle meningeal vessels, but males show a greater prevalence of the occipito-marginal draining system. Differences in the middle meningeal vessels or venous sinuses are apparently not influenced by cranial dimensions or proportions. The mastoid foramina are larger in larger and more brachycephalic skulls, which increases the emissary potential flow in the Czech sample and males, when compared with the Italian samples and females, respectively. The number of mastoid foramina increases in wider skulls.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Anatomy

ISSN

0021-8782

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

235

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

765-782

UT code for WoS article

000486263300007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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