The facial skeleton has characteristic features can be explained as adaptations to resist stresses generated by the muscles. However, the nature of the stresses and the mechanical adaptations to counter them are estimated differently.
The face designed as a biomechanical light-weight structure with thin walled cavities. It is composed of osseous cavities and forceful trajectories, which in turn convey great, static, compressive forces to the stabile skull base. Force dispersion occurs via prominent vertical, horizontal, and sagittal osseous trajectories.
This anatomical construction is of relevance when considering injuries to the facial regions. As a result of its special construction, the comparatively thin walled can absorb the injury to the neurocranium in facial injuries.
This article discus the major stress trajectories of the facial bone and its relationship to the facial trauma.
The Syrian Journal of Stomatology.
2007.
The Anatomical Architecture of Craniofacial Skeleton and its Role in Facial Fractures
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