Abstract Background The types of Wormian bones may play a role in population affinity and
differential diagnosis of several clinical syndromes. This study investigates the distribution of …

Materials and Methods: This observational study was carried out in the tertiary care hospital,
in the region of Haryana and the total of 147 human skulls were examined during routine …

Wormian (sutural) bones are accessory small bones located on the skull. These bones
consist of extra ossification centers around cranial sutures. This study was carried out in 28 …

Wormian bones, otherwise 'Sutural'bones, are accessory bones within or near cranial
sutures. They are mostly found on lambdoid sutures and can be one or more in each suture …

Skull is a complex bony structure. In young adults, the skull consists of 28 separate bones,
many of which are paired. At an advanced age, the skull is composed of 22 bones. Most of …

Introduction: Sutural bones are accessory bones found within or near cranial sutures. They
are mostly found in the Lambdoid suture and can be either one or more than one in the …

Results: Of the 63 evaluated skulls, 40 (63.49%) had at least one ISB. There was a
predominance of females (34.9%), the most common shape was irregular (42.38%) and the …

Wormian bones are irregular bony structures developed from independent ossification
centers located at the junction of the sutures between the cranial bones. Although they are …

Goethe's osscicles or Wormian bones are islands of small bone tissue that were accidentally
intercalated in the cranium sutures which were formed out of additional ossification centers …

Wormian bones (WB) are the irregular bone structures developed from additional centers of
ossification. Although they are commonly found in healthy individuals, under certain …