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Structure of wormian bone

Known as: Islands of bone within cranial sutures, Os suturale, Wormian bone 
The presence of extra bones within a cranial suture. Wormian bones are irregular isolated bones which appear in addition to the usual centers of… Expand
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2008
2008
An unusually-wide human bregmatic Wormian bone: anatomy, tomographic description, and possible significance
Supernumerary ossicles (or Wormian bones) of the cranial vault are formations associated with insufficient rate of suture closure… Expand
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
The morphogenesis of wormian bones: a study of craniosynostosis and purposeful cranial deformation.
Wormian bones are accessory bones that occur within cranial suture and fontanelles, most commonly within the posterior sutures… Expand
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2004
2004
Effects of different kinds of cranial deformation on the incidence of wormian bones.
Researchers have debated whether the presence and frequency of wormian bones (sutural bones, supernumerary bones, and ossicles… Expand
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2004
2004
Sutural bone deposition rate and strain magnitude during cranial development.
It is widely believed that rapid growth of the human brain generates tensile strain in cranial sutures, and that this strain… Expand
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Suture growth modulated by the oscillatory component of micromechanical strain.
Sutures are fibrous connective tissue articulations between intramembranous craniofacial bones. Sutures are composed of… Expand
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2000
2000
Prenatal diagnosis of wormian bones.
The prenatal diagnosis of wormian bones has not been made previously. We report four fetuses with wormian bones but none of the… Expand
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1979
Highly Cited
1979
Wormian bones. A marker of CNS abnormality?
The present investigation was undertaken to determine the incidence and significance of Wormian bones (WBs) in a random group of… Expand
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1977
Highly Cited
1977
The effect of artificial cranial deformation on the incidence of Wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture.
One hundred and twenty adult and 80 human fetal skulls were examined to find the relationship (if any) between the presence of… Expand
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1976
1976
The acro-osteolysis syndrome: Morphologic and biochemical studies.
The acro-osteolysis syndrome consists of dissolution of terminal phalanges of the hands and feet, dolichocephaly with multiple… Expand
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1965
1965
The etiology and genetics of wormian bones.
  • Kelly A. Bennett
  • American journal of physical anthropology
  • 1965
    • Corpus ID: 34765247
The relationship between the length of the basi-occiput and the presence of wormian bones is studied in 116 Negro, 113 White, and… Expand
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