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frontal suture

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A suture that connects the two frontal bones of the skull. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

frontal suture

Synonyms
  • frontal suture of skull
  • median frontal suture
  • sutura frontalis
  • sutura metopica
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
sutura metopica [ FMA : 52989 FMA : TA ]

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Frontal_suture.png, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Gray134.png

has related synonym

metopic suture, sutura frontalis

id

UBERON:0002490

taxon notes

in humans, the frontal suture is a dense connective tissue structure that divides the two halves of the frontal bone of the skull in infants and children. It usually disappears by the age of six, with the two halves of the frontal bone being fused together. If it does not disappear it may be called a 'metopic suture' or 'sutura frontalis persistens. ' If the suture is not present at birth (craniosynostosis) it will cause a keel-shaped deformity of the skull called 'trigonocephaly. ' It is present in a fetal skull so that the skull can bend and is very elastic at the time of birth. The baby's head literally bends when coming out of the mother's womb. The space is filled as the child grows older. [WP,unvetted]