Incidence of womarian bones along lambdoid suture in Western Uttar Pradesh dried skulls

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Author Details : Vinay Kumar, Manisha Gupta

Volume : 4, Issue : 2, Year : 2017

Article Page : 225-226

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Abstract

Womarian bones are small irregular bones present along the sutures of skull associated with various metabolic diseases like Rickets and are the markers for various diseases like osteogenesis imperfecta. The study was done in department of anatomy in the various medical colleges situated in north India over a period of 6 years total 217 well preserved dry human skull of unknown sex without any gross pathology or abnormality were selected for this study. Womarian bones are mostly seen along the lambdoid suture in 115 (52.99%) skull either one or two in number. Multiple Womarian bones were seen only in 2 skulls. The awareness of these bones are essential for orthopedician, radiologist, anatomists, neurosurgeon, morphologist and anthropologist as these may be mistaken for fractures of skull.

How to cite : Kumar V, Gupta M, Incidence of womarian bones along lambdoid suture in Western Uttar Pradesh dried skulls. Indian J Clin Anat Physiol 2017;4(2):225-226

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