There are 22 bones that compose the human skull. These bones are like plates that join together at flexible joints called sutures. These joints are supposed to allow the skull to expand as the brain ...

This week we are going to discuss a specific treatment type for trauma to the head and neck which results in headaches, neck pain, jaw pain and facial pain. When a patient is subjected to the ...

The diploic veins run inside the bones of the skull and leave channels that can be studied in osteological collections, in other words, in historical populations and fossil individuals. A study, led ...

The cranium houses and protects the brain, and comprises eight bones interconnected by bands of cells. These bands, known as sutures, have a crucial role in enabling growth of the cranium to ...

People usually think of the skull as packaging for the brain and researchers usually investigate them separately, but a team of researchers now thinks that developmentally and evolutionarily that the ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

Craniosynostosis is the early fusion of the cranial sutures, which poses numerous diagnostic and medical complications. It is a frequent abnormality that affects 3–5 out of every 10,000 babies. Single ...