In 1958, in a narrow trench of an eroded limestone cave near Maba Village in Shaoguan City, China, local farmers were digging up bat guano for fertilizer when they came across something unusual.

The Ephesus skull. Six norm views: (a) frontal, (b) lateral sinistra, (c) vertical, (d) occipital, (e) lateral dextra, (f) basal. Credit: Gerhard W. Weber / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Researchers have revealed ...

Scaphocephaly: A long, narrow head shape resulting from early fusion of the sagittal suture. Trigonocephaly: A triangular configuration of the skull caused by the premature fusion of the two halves of ...

The frontal bone is the bone in your forehead. It is one of eight bones in the skull. The frontal bone's function is to support the front and back of the skull and protect the brain, eyes, and nasal ...

The frontal bone forms the forehead and helps to support and protect the eyes. Viscerocranium: ... Craniosynostosis is a condition where the sutures of the skull close too soon.

Abstract: In the present paper, a procedure is developed for fully automatic recognition of the frontal sinus in cranial radiographs. An X-ray image of a whole skull is required at the input of the ...

The squamous suture acts as an expansion joint between the parietal and temporal bones. As the brain grows during infancy, the sutures allow the skull to grow and expand. If the skull was not able to ...

### What you need to know Primary care practitioners often see parents with concerns about their infant’s head shape, through direct presentation or referral by a health visitor. Clinicians should ...

In humans, the metopic suture (also known as the frontal suture) fuses between 3 and 8 months of age, whereas other cranial sutures fuse between 20 and 30 years, and facial sutures fuse after 50 years ...

The metopic suture divides the frontal skull bone in half from birth. It runs from the front (anterior) fontanelle at the top of the head, through the forehead, to the top of the nose.