Functionally, this is logical, as the upper and lower jaws should be morphologically coupled for both mechanical and developmental reasons.
As a static mechanical factor, developmental spinal canal stenosis places a patient at increased risk for developing cervical cord compression and myelopathy.
Similarly, tissue compressive and tensile mechanical properties mirrored developmental trends during the first 4 wks.
Mechanical influences on developmental and cellular properties are an important topic of broad impact in plants and animals.
Most invertebrate thick filaments contain a core of paramyosin [ 10- 12], as well as small versions of titin-like proteins consisting of immunoglobulin-like (Ig) and fibronectin-like (Fn) domains, which contribute to the mechanical, structural and developmental properties of these muscles[ 13].
The aetiology of this form of anomaly can be divided into vascular, mechanical, teratogenic, congenital or developmental [2].
This is required to begin to assemble a picture of the molecular landscape impacted by mechanical stimuli in a developmental context.
These include developmental plasticity, mechanical barriers, low molecular weight anti-microbial compounds named phytoalexins, pathogen-specific resistance genes and inducible pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins.
Fetal muscle contraction is necessary for the normal development of bone size and shape, indicating that bone shape is influenced by the mechanical environment from an early developmental stage [9], [10].
Various causes including genetic predisposition, developmental, metabolic, and mechanical deficits can initiate inflammatory processes that lead to loss of cartilage and clinically overt OA.
