Coronal suture
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| Left zygomatic bone in situ. | |
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| Side view of the skull. ('Coronal suture' visible near top.) | |
| Latin | sutura coronalis |
| Gray's | subject #46 183 |
The coronal suture (sutura coronalis) is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that separates the frontal and parietal bones of the skull. At birth, the bones of the skull do not meet. If certain bones of the skull grow too fast then "premature closure" of the sutures may occur. This can result in skull deformities. There are two possible deformities that can be caused by the premature closure of the coronal suture: a high, tower-like skull called "oxycephaly," or a twisted and asymmetrical skull called "plagiocephaly."
[edit] References
- "Sagittal suture." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000).
- Moore, Keith L., and T.V.N. Persaud. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 7th ed. (2003).
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 The skull from the front. |
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Cranial sutures, Fontanelles, and related regions
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cranial sutures: Coronal | Lambdoid | Occipitomastoid | Parietomastoid | Sphenofrontal | Sphenoparietal | Sphenosquamosal | Sphenozygomatic |Squamosal | Zygomaticotemporal | Zygomaticofrontal | Frontal/Metopic | Sagittal | Frontoethmoidal | Petrosquamous | Sphenoethmoidal | Sphenopetrosal fontanelles: Anterior fontanelle | Posterior fontanelle Asterion | Nasion | Pterion | Dacryon | Inferior orbital fissure | Foramen lacerum | Jugular foramen |
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