title: A study of metopic sutures in human skulls.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Anatomy, Nepalgunj Medical College, Chisapani, Banke, Nepal.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bilodi
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mane
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D006801:Humans; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*