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December 22[edit]

Frontal Suture Curve[edit]

This is out of curiosity (just making clear I'm not asking for medical advice). I was looking up the name of the "crease" in the middle of the forehead and as far as I can tell it's called a "frontal suture". In connection to this I've had a question for a long time that I've never gotten around to asking anyone. Mine seems to have a pronounced curve starting from the bridge of my nose to above my right eye when it meets my hairline (I can feel a ridge right up to my hairline). Just wondering how common it is for that curve to happen and whether or not it is what i think it is... (it may be only in the muscle rather than the bone) Biggs Pliff (talk) 01:24, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Someone with anatomical knowledge would have to examine you directly to determine what it is you're observing, which obviously we here can't do. You might find the article Trigonocephaly of potential interest.

Bear in mind that human (and other) bodies' anatomies can have all sorts of trivial deviations from the "norm" which can manifest to a greater or lesser degree. In my own case, an artery in my wrists runs on the opposite side of a bone than is usual. Beyond providing trivial amusement when medical staff can't find my pulse until I tell them where to look, this is harmless and unnoticeable, but at least reassures me that I am "normally non-normal." {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.56.237 (talk) 07:28, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]