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Oct 28, 2025

4 min

Do adults have sutures? Understanding Cranial Sutures in Maturity

While infants have prominent, flexible sutures that allow for rapid brain growth, the story is quite different for adults. The joints between an adult's skull bones, known as cranial sutures, gradually undergo a process of ossification throughout life, with many fusing completely in early to mid-adulthood.

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Oct 26, 2025

3 min

How is red bone marrow different in adults?

At birth, an infant's entire skeleton is filled with red bone marrow, but as a person matures, a significant portion of this is replaced by fatty yellow marrow. The question of how is red bone marrow different in adults, therefore, centers on these fundamental shifts in composition, distribution, and overall hematopoietic activity that occur throughout a lifetime.

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