Morphometric development of sphincter of oddi in human fetuses during fetal period: microscopic study.

Objective: In this study, morphometric developments of the sphincter of Oddi in human fetuses were observed.

Material And Methods: We observed 113 human fetuses consisting of 67 male and 46 female subjects, whose ages varied between 14 to 40 weeks who showed no signs of any pathology or anomaly externally. The common external measurements of fetuses were carried out, followed by abdominal dissection to determine where the sphincters of Oddi were localized within the duodenum and pancreas.

Morphometric evaluation of craniofacial and alveolar arch structures in anencephalic human fetuses: a cadaveric study.

Objective : The aim of the present study was to compare the morphometrics of the craniofacial and alveolar arch structures of anencephalic fetuses with those of normal human fetuses without anencephaly or any other anomaly. Design : Original article. Methods : Standard lateral and posteroanterior cephalometric radiographs of 23 anencephalic and 33 normal human fetuses aged between 21 and 40 weeks of gestation were compared.