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Wormian bones are irregular isolated bones in the skull. Here, we see a human skull with Wormian bones (in yellow) compared to a normal skull on the left. They have a tendency to be more or less symmetrical on the two sides of the skull, and vary in size. Their number is generally limited to two or three, but more than a hundred have been found in the skull of an adult hydrocephalic subject.

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Wikipedia Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 190	October 31, 2008: Wormian bones Picture of the day Wormian bones are irregular isolated bones in the skull. Here, we see a human skull with Wormian bones (in yellow) compared to a normal skull on the left. They have a tendency to be more or less symmetrical on the two sides of the skull, and vary in size. Their number is generally limited to two or three, but more than a hundred have been found in the skull of an adult hydrocephalic subject. Image credit: Mariana Ruiz Archive – More featured pictures... href="/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2008-10-31&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also">edit See also Template:POTD protected/2008-10-31 More...

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