Figure 4
From: Linking suckling biomechanics to the development of the palate
Transient nature of midpalatal suture complex.
Safranin O/Fast green staining of representative midpalatal suture sections from 5 week old and (B) 9 week old mice. (C) As the stiffness of the cartilage cap increases, the distortional and hydrostatic strains are mapped in a corresponding finite element model. (D) Safranin O/Fast green staining, (E) whole-mount Alizarin red/Alcian blue staining (midpalatal suture outlined in white; asterisk indicates nasal septum) and (F) Picrosirius red staining of palate tissue from 20 weeks old mice, indicating loss of cartilage growth plates. Abbreviations: b = bone, c = cartilage, ct = connective tissue. Scale bar = 50 μm.
