Tonneyck-Müller I, van Der Werf F
Acta Morphol Neerl Scand. 1982 Nov;20(4):379-91.
Following older investigations concerning the influence of the nasal septum on the growth of the facial skull, in this article we tried to get a better understanding of the mechanism of growth of the nasal septum by studying the regional thickness of the septum during development. Rabbits varying in age from one day to 24 weeks were used to make relief maps of the nasal septum. A comparison between these maps led to the following conclusions: The anterior half of the septum and the posterior part of the septum adjacent to the sphenoid en ethmoid bone remain rather constant in composition. The middle part, however, shows a varying appearance. Near the snout the septum is very thin, backwards it thickens by concentric ellipses. Adjacent to the sphenoid, one finds the thickest part, anterior ward, diminishing gradually into a basic strip. In the region of the ethmoid bone the septum is always thin. The middle variable part mostly shows a thickening with outflows upward and downward. Where the alae vomeri are connected very closely to the septum, the growth in thickness lags behind. Our findings do not allow an exact explanation of the experimental results of other workers.
在早期有关鼻中隔对面部颅骨生长影响的研究之后，在本文中我们试图通过研究鼻中隔在发育过程中的局部厚度，来更好地理解鼻中隔的生长机制。使用年龄从1天到24周不等的兔子制作鼻中隔的浮雕图。对这些图进行比较得出以下结论：鼻中隔的前半部分以及与蝶骨和筛骨相邻的后半部分在组成上保持相当恒定。然而，中间部分呈现出不同的外观。在吻部附近鼻中隔非常薄，向后它以同心椭圆的形式增厚。在与蝶骨相邻处，可发现最厚的部分，向前逐渐变细成一条基带。在筛骨区域，鼻中隔始终很薄。中间可变部分大多显示出向上和向下流出的增厚。在犁骨翼与鼻中隔连接非常紧密的地方，厚度增长滞后。我们的研究结果无法对其他研究者的实验结果作出确切解释。
