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Keywords: Sagittal, Suture, Fusion, Premature, Skull

Related Terms: Axis , Backbone, Brachycephaly, Coccygeal, Coccyx, Fontanel, Lordosis, Lumbar, Lumbosacral, Occiput, Plagiocephaly, Sacral, Sacrum, Scoliosis, Thoracic, Vertebra, Vertebral Column, Kyphosis, Spondylolisthesis, Fontanels, Fontanelle, Spinal Column, Occipital Condyle, Parietal Bone, Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, Spondylosis, Retrolisthesis, Lumbar Spine, Transverse Process, Spinous Process, Vertebrae, Pedicle, Thoracic Vertebrae, Scalenus, Cervical, Fontanelles, Thoracic Spine, Lumbar Region, Lumbar Curve, Swayback, Cervical Spine, Occipital Bone, Coronal Suture, Clivus, Spondylolysis, Pars Interarticularis, Anterior Fontanelle, Lumbar Vertebrae, Cervical Vertebrae

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A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

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congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation

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Long boat-shaped head as a result of premature fusion of the sagittal suture

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a form of craniosynostosis that results in a long, narrow head. Scaphocephaly is an early fusion of the sagittal suture. This suture runs front to back, down the middle of the top of the head.

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Scaphocephaly is a type of cephalic disorder. This occurs when there is premature fusion of the sagittal suture. The sagittal suture joins together the two parietal bones of skull.

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