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MP Term : Wormian bones [MP:0030030] Mammalian Phenotype

Namespace  MPheno.ontology Obsolete  false
description  presence of small extra bone segments, usually of irregular shape and variable size, arising in fontanelles and/or adjacent to or along the cranial sutures, and formed from additional and separate centers of ossification of the cranium; in humans, Wormian bones are most frequently located in the lambdoid or coronal suture, and have been seen in the fontanelles, particularly the posterior fontanelle
  • synonyms:
  • accessory skull bones,
  • islands of bone within cranial sutures or fontanelles,
  • intra sutural bones,
  • extra bones within cranial sutures,
  • supernumerary skull bones,
  • intrasutural bones
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