If this suture closes too early, the baby’s head may be flattened at the back (posterior plagiocephaly). This is one of the rarest types of craniosynostosis. The metopic suture runs from the baby’s ...

[15] Extreme dolichocephaly may indicate sagittal suture synostosis. This can usually be differentiated by the severity of the head narrowing, lack of improvement over time in supine positioning ...

These pore-pairs are situated along the outer (adambulacral) margins of the ambulacral zone. The central suture line between the two columns of plates in each ambulacral zone is the perradial suture ...

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USA Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by vertebral fusions, frequently manifesting as an unsegmented vertebral bar, as well as fusions of the ...

The nasal bones are two wedged-shaped bones that make up the bridge of your nose. They come together at a rigid fibrous joint, forming the thickest part of the nose. Trauma to the face often involves ...

When the edges of a wound separate, it's usually because of problems with sutures or staples that are supposed to hold the skin together. Issues that come up can include: Post-surgery stress on the ...

Sutures or stitches questions Stapled wounds are treated the same as sutured wounds Skin glue (Dermabond) questions are also covered ...