All the various skull bone parts come together to serve two major purposes ... is made up of bony plates with juncture points known as sutures. The sutures remain soft and flexible after birth ...

One major cause is dehydration. The human skull is made up from several bones that are connected by tough fibrous tissue called sutures. These sutures give the skull some flexibility, allowing the ...

Like all major pediatric surgeries ... with the benefits of early infancy craniosynostosis repair when the skull bones and sutures are more malleable. The survival rate after craniosynostosis ...

(Amy Davis/Staff) The fact that his skull — known in Catholicism as his major relics — is on tour and being viewed and venerated by thousands of people represents a peculiarity that is a ...

This fills a major gap in our understanding of the evolution of the skull of all vertebrates, ultimately including humans." ...