Metopic craniosynostosis is a rare condition in infants in which the metopic suture, a part of the skull, fuses earlier than it typically would. Learn more here. Medical News Today ...

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The sutures do not normally join, or fuse, until the child is around 2 years old. This allows the brain to grow and develop without pressure from the skull. In the United States, craniosynostosis ...

These sutures allow our skull to expand as our brains grow. As we develop, these sutures harden and fasten our skull bones together. Craniosynostosis is a condition that causes one or more sutures ...

In great apes — gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees — the metopic suture closes shortly after birth. In humans, it does not fuse until around 2 years of age to accommodate rapid brain growth.

Metopic suture of Taung (Australopithecus africanus) and its implications for hominin brain evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2012; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1119752109 Cite ...

Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the seams (sutures) in a baby’s skull close before the baby’s brain has fully formed. ... Metopic craniosynostosis.

The soft spot and metopic suture are clearly visible on the skull of the young human (right) and absent in the young chimpanzee (left). Those features are present, although harder to see, in the ...