Moss M L, Vilmann H
Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb. 1978;124(4):559-79.
Mammalian cephalogenesis is characterized by several morphological processes, among which are alteration in spatial position and angular relationships (flexions) between the several bones of both the neural and facial skulls, as well as similar alterations between neurocranium and splanchnocranium. Prior classifications of cranial flexions were reviewed and a more expansive typology given, one which provided for the analysis of cranial flexions in terms of the concepts of the method of functional cranial analysis. On the basis of available data it was suggested that the study of the totality of cranial flexures (termed orthocephalization) occurring during the growth of the rat head could serve as a useful model system by means of which it would be possible to construct and test a hypothesis concerning the processes of adjustive cranial growth which must accompany any cranial flexions.
哺乳动物的头部形成具有几个形态学过程，其中包括神经颅骨和面部颅骨的几块骨头之间空间位置和角度关系的改变（弯曲），以及脑颅与脏颅之间的类似改变。回顾了先前对颅骨弯曲的分类，并给出了一个更广泛的类型学，该类型学为根据功能性颅骨分析方法的概念分析颅骨弯曲提供了依据。根据现有数据表明，对大鼠头部生长过程中发生的颅骨弯曲总体（称为正颅化）的研究可以作为一个有用的模型系统，通过该系统有可能构建和检验一个关于必须伴随任何颅骨弯曲的适应性颅骨生长过程的假设。
