Persistent Metopic Suture in Adult Skulls of Andhra Pradesh

Majority of Skull bones are held together by fibrous joints termed as sutures. At birth the two halves of frontal bone remain separate as the metopic suture which is replaced by bone at about 2 years. The persistence of this suture beyond 8 years of age is termed as metopism. The study was conducted on 90 adult human dry skulls. Among them 55 were obtained from department of anatomy RIMS Ongole, A.P. and 35 from department of Forensic Medicine, RIMS Ongole. the sutures were classified as complete and incomplete. Out of 90 skulls complete metopic suture is seen in 2skullsand incomplete metopic suture is seen in 4 skulls which is of linear type .The incidence of metopic suture in our present study is 6.66% and the incidence of complete metopic suture is 2.22% & the incidence of incomplete metopic suture is 4.44%. The knowledge of anatomy of metopic suture is important for radiologists, neurosurgeons, for treatment and autopsy surgeons for medicolegal cases. There is difference in the incidence of metopic suture in different races and different geographical