Ferré J C, Le Cloarec A Y, Chevalier C, Barbin J G, Barbin J Y
Laboratoire d'Anatomie, UFR de Médecine, Nantes, France.
Surg Radiol Anat. 1988;10(1):29-36. doi: 10.1007/BF02094068.
The authors question whether strengthening beams and spans for the calvarium really exist and, if so, what are their exact anatomic counterparts and their exact function in the resistance of the calvarium. They opine that this function is of secondary importance except for the frontal and internal occipital pillars. The resistance of the calvarium must rather be attributed to its sandwich structure, with local bracing where the constraints are too severe. While they believe in the existence of such braces as the occipital pillars between the calvarium and the endochondral skull base, they prefer the concept of the mastoid pillars. The mastoid process is a structure with a thin shell and alveolar content, which has the advantage of giving the sternocleidomastoid and digastric muscles a bigger area of attachment to a light structure.
作者们质疑加强颅盖骨的梁和跨度是否真的存在，如果存在，它们确切的解剖对应结构是什么，以及它们在颅盖骨抵抗中的确切功能是什么。他们认为，除了额支柱和枕内支柱外，这种功能是次要的。颅盖骨的抵抗力更应归因于其夹层结构，在约束过于严重的地方有局部支撑。虽然他们相信在颅盖骨和软骨内颅底之间存在枕支柱这样的支撑结构，但他们更喜欢乳突支柱的概念。乳突是一种具有薄壳和蜂窝状内容物的结构，其优点是能为胸锁乳突肌和二腹肌提供更大的附着面积，附着在一个较轻的结构上。
