. The American journal of anatomy. Fig. 1 Frontal view of the skull of a male negro fetus with a Fig. 2 Frontal view of the skull of a negro with an abnormal suture onthe frontal bone. FONTANELLA METOPICA IN AN ADULT SKULL 261 obliterated, on the inner surface more than on the outer. Thisis also true of the internasal suture, although its course can stillbe recognized (the suture was retouched in fig. 2), and thereforethe right nasal bone is found at its upper end to extend far intothe left. On each side, at the incisura parietalis, there is aWormian bone. The lambdoid sut
. The American journal of anatomy. Fig. 1 Frontal view of the skull of a male negro fetus with a Fig. 2 Frontal view of the skull of a negro with an abnormal suture onthe frontal bone. FONTANELLA METOPICA IN AN ADULT SKULL 261 obliterated, on the inner surface more than on the outer. Thisis also true of the internasal suture, although its course can stillbe recognized (the suture was retouched in fig. 2), and thereforethe right nasal bone is found at its upper end to extend far intothe left. On each side, at the incisura parietalis, there is aWormian bone. The lambdoid suture is rich in Wormian is noteworthy that there is present on both sides of the man-dible a well pronounced processus anguli mandibulae (apophysislemurica), which points downward and outward and shows roughouthnes for muscle-insertion. The latter are likewise present onthe thick zygomatic arch. Attention may also be called atthis point to the prominent processus marginalis on the posteriorborder of the malar bone. The processus anguli mandibulaeassumes in our case special interest, in as much as Herpin
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