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halves of the
frontal bone
being fused together. It is also
called the
metopic suture,
although this term may also
refer specifically to a persistent...
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Trigonocephaly is a
congenital condition due to
premature fusion of the
metopic suture (from
Ancient Gr**** metopon 'forehead'),
leading to a triangular...
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Metopism is the
condition of
having a
persistent metopic suture, or
persistence of the
frontal metopic suture in the
adult human skull.
Metopism is the...
- craniosynostosis.
Trigonocephaly is a
result from the
premature closure of the
metopic suture.
According to Virchow's law, this
fusion will
result in a narrow...
- with
fragile X
syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome.
Metopic synostosis, the
early closure of
metopic suture during skull development in children, can also...
- head and neck
symptoms come in the form of
craniosynostosis affecting the
metopic suture (the
dense connective tissue structure that
divides the two halves...
- by
cranial sutures (see
figure 1). The
anterior fontanelle is
where the
metopic,
sagittal and
coronal sutures meet.
Normally the
sutures gradually fuse...
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parietal bossing,
basilar in****tion (atlantoaxial impaction),
persistent metopic suture,
abnormal ear
structures with
hearing loss,
supernumerary ribs,...
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frontal bossing,
maxilla hypoplasia, scaphocephaly,
metopic synostosis, oxycephaly,
prominent metopic ridge,
sagittal craniosynostosis, trigonocephaly,...
- of
growth on the skull.
Examples include:
trigonocephaly (fusion of the
metopic suture),
brachycephaly (fusion of the
coronal suture and
lambdoid suture...
