Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Study of Metopic Sutures in South Chennai Region of Tamilnadu

1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy,

2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine& Toxicology, Madha Medical College, Chennai

3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Annapoorna Medical College, Salem

4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine& Toxicology, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Dist. Kanya Kumari

*Corresponding author: Vinoth S, Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy, Madha Medical College, Chennai Email: vinothsamy5555@gmail.com, Ph No - 09884812828

Online published on 19 August, 2014.

Abstract

Sutures are fibrous joint which hold together majority of the skull bones. The fibrous joint between two frontal bones is termed as Metopic suture, which is a dentate type of calvarial suture that runs through the midline across the frontal bone. In the present study 100 skull bones were evaluated for the presence of complete and incomplete metopic suture and their morphology. The results were compared with the available literatures. The incidenceof complete metopic suture was found to be 2% and incomplete metopic suture was found to be 88%. Linear variety pattern was found to be most common type (25.4%) and least was inverted U shaped pattern with (2.05%).

Keywords

Metopic Suture, Frontal Bone, Bregma