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  • Title: Incidence of the metopic suture in adult Nigerian skulls.
    Author: Ajmani ML, Mittal RK, Jain SP.
    Journal: J Anat; 1983 Aug; 137 (Pt 1)(Pt 1):177-83. PubMed ID: 6630031.
    Abstract:
    This study was carried out on 206 adult Nigerian skulls for the incidence of the metopic suture. Metopism was present in 3.4% of cases, and a metopic suture (complete or incomplete) was observed in 34.97% of the skulls. The metopic suture was present in the lower part of the frontal bone, in various shapes, in 30.10% of cases. The most common shape observed was linear type (24.27%). Inverted U-shaped, and wide side to side excursion, were found in 0.49% of cases of each kind, these being the least common form of the suture. The incidence in the upper, upper middle and lower middle parts of the frontal bone was 0.49% in each type.
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