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Type of Article: Original Research

Year: 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 1 | Page No. 2099-2101

Date of Publication: 31-03-2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.154

INCIDENCE OF SUTURAL BONES AT PTERION IN SOUTH INDIAN DRIED SKULLS

Raja Sekhar Katikireddi *¹, Siva Nageswara Rao Sundara Setty ².

^*1 MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Bhaskar Medical college, Yenkapally (V), Moinabad mandal , Ranga Reddy District, Pin: 500075, Telangana, India.
² MD, professor, Department of Anatomy, Bhaskar Medical college, Yenkapally (V), Moinabad mandal , Ranga Reddy District, Pin: 500075,Telangana, India.

Address: Dr. Raja Sekhar Katikireddi, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Bhaskar Medical College, Yenkapally (V), Moinabad (Mandal), Ranga Reddy District, Pin: 500075, Telangana, India. Mobile: +919849953620
E-Mail: rajasekharkatikireddi@yahoo.com

Abstract

Introduction: Sutural or Wormian bones are usually small irregular ossicles in related with the cranial sutures. They are formed because of the extra ossification centers in the vicinity of sutures.
Materials and Methods: Study conducted on 75 dried human skulls to find the incidence and type of of sutural bones at pterion in related to south Indian population.
Results: Present study concluded 4% of prevalence out of 75 cases, Right side one case and left side 2 cases were noticed, all were epipteric type of sutural pattern.
Conclusion: Anatomical Knowledge of this kind of variations are important for anthropologists, radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons.
KEY WORDS: Skull, Wormian bones, Sutural bones.

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Raja Sekhar Katikireddi, Siva Nageswara Rao Sundara Setty. INCIDENCE OF SUTURAL BONES AT PTERION IN SOUTH INDIAN DRIED SKULLS. Int J Anat Res 2016;4(1):2099-2101. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.154