title: The internal structure of bony tissue of a human metopic suture by Soft X-ray.
abstract: A complete metopic suture was found in the frontal bone of a 79 years old male cadaver. Compact bone matrices were found in the border region of the metopic suture using a Soft X-ray apparatus. The coronal and sagittal sutures were also complete. The appearance of these complete cranial sutures may be due to continuous bone restructuring and resorption in the border region of sutures during brain development of brachy crany.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8159, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inukai
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002102:Cadaver; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography