One of the most common but often overlooked problems resulting from skull trauma is the cranial suture injury. Cranial suture injuries occur when the skull is thrown against an immovable object ...

Moazen noted that a major contribution of this study is that it advances our knowledge about the impact of external forces on the structure of cranial sutures and the potential healing properties of ...

[3] Figure 1 illustrates the boney anatomy of the normal skull sutures and fontanelles. The newborn infant's skull is incompletely ossified and the cranial sutures are normally open at birth ...

Now many people think of the skull as one solid bowling ball type object, however, the osteopaths believe that the sutures or joints in the skull are movable as long as the patient is alive.

In normal babies, cranial sutures (the spaces between the bones that make up the skull) are wide at birth and gradually narrow over the years. By the end of childhood the sutures close.

Look for the sagittal suture – the squiggly line that runs the length of the skull – and note whether is it's completely fused. If it is, the remains are likely to be of someone older than 35.

Six1 role du ring s kull bone and suture development and disease: Analyzing the role of Six1 and Six1-ass ociated gen es in development of the mouse cranial bones and sutures; Determining the link ...