I know today has been a little light on posts (I've been working on a lab report and on a presentation I'll be giving on "Evolution Sunday"), but I thought I would write up something. Given that I'm taking a course in Human Osteology, osteometric points on the skull are important to know and are essential to making measurements, so I'm pondering putting up a brief description of an osteometric point every once in a while.
Today's point is Bregma (b), a point right along the midline on the outside of the skull where the coronal and sagittal sutures intersect. The bones at this intersection are the frontal and parietal bones (you can see for yourself here).
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Yeah, I might just keep it up. It'll help me remember the material better, anyway. We're using White's Human Osteology 2nd edition.
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