Kubein-Meesenburg D, Nägerl H
Kieferorthopädie der Klinik, Poliklinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Göttingen, BRD.
Anat Anz. 1990;171(1):1-12.
The protrusive cranial border movement of the human mandibula is--structurally considered--identical to that of a couple in a cam gear. This mechanism can approximately be replaced by a link quadrangle and mapped by a standard gear. Other mammaliae use the same principle. They show surprising features of construction.
