Definition of Metopic. Meaning of Metopic. Synonyms of Metopic

- halves of the frontal bone being fused together. It is also called the metopic suture, although this term may also refer specifically to a persistent...
- Trigonocephaly is a congenital condition due to premature fusion of the metopic suture (from the Gr**** metopon, "forehead"), leading to a triangular forehead...
- Metopism is the condition of having a persistent metopic suture, or persistence of the frontal metopic suture in the adult human skull. Metopism is the...
- with fragile X syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome. Metopic synostosis, the early closure of metopic suture during skull development in children, can also...
- craniosynostosis. Trigonocephaly is a result from the premature closure of the metopic suture. According to Virchow's law, this fusion will result in a narrow...
- by cranial sutures (see figure 1). The anterior fontanelle is where the metopic, sagittal and coronal sutures meet. Normally the sutures gradually fuse...
- head and neck symptoms come in the form of craniosynostosis affecting the metopic suture (the dense connective tissue structure that divides the two halves...
- parietal bossing, basilar in****tion (atlantoaxial impaction), persistent metopic suture, abnormal ear structures with hearing loss, supernumerary ribs,...
- bone Zygomaticotemporal suture Zygomaticofrontal suture Frontal suture / Metopic suture – between the two frontal bones, prior to the fusion of the two...
- Mild phenotypic presentation which can present with flat nasal bridge, metopic prominence, shallow philtrum, and possible mental and locomotion delays...