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Frontal suture
Other Terms: Metopic suture, Frontal suture of skull, Sutura frontalis, Sutura frontalis persistens, Sutura metopica, Suture frontale
Description
The Frontal suture is a median fissure in the frontal bone just above the glabella; occasionally it involves the whole length of the bone. It is due to the persistence of the fissure normally separating the two halves of the bone in the infant.
Latin
Sutura frontalis persistens
Latin
Sutura metopica
French
Suture frontale
