Sentence examples for skull structure from inspiring English sources

They have a skull structure that is similar to that of modern pythons and boas, which can open their jaws exceptionally wide to swallow large, and not very similar to the mosasaurs.

Dr Mounier says that the new "virtual" fossil skull is more reminiscent of Neanderthals overall, but that this is not surprising as, taking the timeline as a whole, it is our species Homo sapiens who deviate most from the ancestral trajectory in terms of skull structure.

It shares a distinctive skull structure with mammals that distinguishes it from lizards and birds.

For example, patients with a horizontal skull structure and a broad apical alveolar bone base showed quantitatively less fenestrations and dehiscences of teeth than patients with a vertical skull structure and concomitant thin apical bone base.

Wescott, an anthropologist specialising in skull structure, is using a micro-CT scanner to analyse the microscopic structure of the bones brought back from the body farm.

Clinical recommendations regarding pediatric halo pin penetration loads cannot be made without further study of children's skull structure and biomechanical properties.

Rodent groups differ in the arrangement of the jaw muscles and associated skull structures, both from other mammals and amongst themselves.

Similar tooth and skull structures suggest procyonids and weasels share a common ancestor, but molecular analysis indicates a closer relationship between raccoons and bears.

Considered ancillary indicators for sex determination were skull structures, specifically the nuchal crest, the mastoid process, the supraorbital margin, the glabella, and the mental eminence [ 12, 13].

Hence, the abandonment of migratory behaviour in commensal house sparrows may have facilitated any evolutionary trend towards increased size and robustness of the beak and skull structures.

These differences could result from primary abnormalities of growth of facial and skull structures, as well as secondary influences of the cleft itself [ 9].