Features of Metopic Suture in Adults

Metopic suture (also known as median frontal suture) is a kind of suture caliber and lies on the midline of the forehead. It is generally associated with hypoplasia or frontal sinus agenesis. This suture continues along the anterior bone from nasion to bregma.It begin to fuse between nine months and one years and this fusing has shown the commences at anterior fontanellaand terminates at the nasion. The time of closure of metopic suture may varies from one to eight years and sometimes it can persist until adult age. Metopic suture closure began endocranially and it extends to pericranium.It also persist complete and incomplete suture. Complete sutur has extend from nasion to bregma. Incomplete suture has shown variation superior middle and lower part of the frontal bone. As a literature research, the purpose of this article is to give information about general features of metopic sutur