Rat skull with sutures

3D Model

This is a simplified surface version of the model used in the paper “Assessment of the mechanical role of cranial sutures in the mammalian skull: Computational biomechanical modelling of the rat skull”. The rat is an adult male domestic rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica). Bone here is made transparent.

Sharp, A. C., Dutel, H., Watson, P. J., Gröning, F., Crumpton, N., Fagan, M. J., & Evans, S. E. (2023). Assessment of the mechanical role of cranial sutures in the mammalian skull: Computational biomechanical modelling of the rat skull. Journal of Morphology, 284(3), e21555. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21555