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Cranial growth and remodeling

Cross-section through an arc of a newborn’s skull vault (red), superimposed on a similar arc in an adult (green). It is obvious that the change in shape and thickness cannot result from bone accretion at sutures alone; considerable remodeling and thickening must also occur. (Contributed by Dr. Sherman Stein.)

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