Sutural Bone (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The fontanelles, which are found at the intersections of cranial sutures, often contain a small amount of sutural bone.
- Infants have several areas of soft sutural bone on their skulls, which usually disappear by around 6 months old.
- One theory suggests that craniosynostosis, or the premature closure of sutural bone, is related to increased pressure inside the brain.
- Developmental specialists were surprised to discover sutural bone tissue remaining in adults long after cranial fusion should have been completed.
- To form and move as it needs to during the infant's growth period, sutural bone continues to generate soft cells through osteogenesis.