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2. Stereotactic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Stereotactic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgical intervention that makes use of a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation, biopsy, lesion, injection, stimulation, implantation, radiosurgery (SRS), etc.

3. Coronal suture - Wikipedia

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   If certain bones of the skull grow too fast then premature fusion of the sutures, craniosynostosis, may occur. [1] This can result in skull deformities. [1] These deformities include: [3] Brachycephaly (both sides) Plagiocephaly (one side only) Oxycephaly (both sides)

4. Bregma - Wikipedia

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   Cranial height is defined as the distance between the bregma and the midpoint of the foramen magnum (the basion). [6] This is strongly linked to more general growth. [6] This can be used to assess the general health of a deceased person as part of an archaeological excavation, giving information on the health of a population.

5. Asterion (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   In human anatomy, the asterion is a visible (craniometric) point on the exposed skull. It is just posterior to the ear. It is the point where three cranial sutures meet: the lambdoid suture. [1] parietomastoid suture. [1] occipitomastoid suture. [1] It is also the point where three cranial bones meet: the parietal bone. the occipital bone.

6. Crown (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   The sutures are an essential part of growth and development, allowing the skull to expand as the brain increases in size. Different sutures between the frontal and parietal bones of the skull expand in specific directions, causing a symmetrically shaped human head. [3] The frontal bone and the parietal bones are joined at the frontal suture ...

7. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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   Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).

8. Suture (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   In anatomy, a suture is a fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism, with or without significant overlap of the elements. [ 1 ] Sutures are found in the skeletons or exoskeletons of a wide range of animals, in both invertebrates and vertebrates .

9. Category:Cranial sutures - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Cranial sutures" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. ... Mobile view; Search.