##  [Functional Matrix Hypothesis](/functional-matrix-hypothesis) 

  ##  [Functional Matrix Hypothesis](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/functional-matrix-hypothesis-0) 

  

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Definition

A craniofacial growth model that proposes skeletal form of the face and jaws emerges secondarily from the growth and functional demands of surrounding soft-tissue units (muscles, organs, spaces and connective tissue ‘matrices’); skeletal changes are responses to functional matrices rather than autonomous, solely skeletal programs.