Frontal Suture (Noun)
Meaning
The suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The frontal bone is one of the few bones in the skull that has a clear frontal suture that closes by the time the person is six years old.
- In infants and young children, the presence of the frontal suture is a normal anatomical feature.
- By the age of six, the frontal suture is typically no longer visible on an X-ray.
- The frontal suture is located at the midline of the frontal bone and runs from the top of the bone down to the area just above the eyebrows.
- In some rare cases, a persistent frontal suture may be present in adults.