A study of metopic sutures in human skulls.
The present study has been carried out in fifty-one adult human skulls for metopic sutures in the department of anatomy, Nepalgunj Medical College, Chisapani. Metopic sutures were found in six skulls (11.46%) This study showed higher incidences of incomplete metopic sutures (7.84%). One skull showed double incomplete sutures (one to right of bregma and other in the middle of the frontal bone in the mid line), which was of, a very rare variety seen in frontal bone of (1.96%), three skulls showed incomplete sutures (3.92%). Though the number of the skulls was small, the study showed a rare morphological variety, which was well correlated with earlier workers.
Bilodi
A K
AK
Anatomy, Nepalgunj Medical College, Chisapani, Banke, Nepal.
Agrawal
B K
BK
Mane
S
S
Kumar
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D006801:Humans; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*