A 2-yr-old female forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) presented with acute trauma to the right horn following a fight with a conspecific resulting in fracture and avulsion of the frontal bone, ...

This paper re-interprets the morphology of fossil and extant hominid frontal bones in light of development, functional and phylogenetic considerations. It is argued that the suggested inclusion of ...

Although modern Indian and Javan rhinos have a single horn on their noses, the extinct one-horned rhino Elasmotherium was a source of the unicorn legend because it had a two meter-long horn on its ...

Credit: Getty Images. The most important aspects to proper diagnosis of nasal bone fractures are a detailed history and a timely examination. The nasal bones, with their central location on the face, ...

OSSEOUS lesions occur in a minority of patients with sarcoidosis. When these lesions do occur, they are almost always limited to the bones of the hands and feet. Sarcoidosis of the skull is one of the ...

To understand DP, it is helpful to quickly review cranial bones, sutures, fontanels, and neck muscles and consider how they relate to and articulate with each other. Figure 1 provides an overview of ...

Metopic craniosynostosis is a rare condition in infants in which a certain part of the skull fuses earlier than it typically would. The condition can range from mild to severe and cause long-term ...

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