Inca Bone
Description
Name
- Inca Bone
- Preinterparietal bone
- Os Inca var
- Goethe's ossicle
- Os ipacta
General
- Triangular suture located at the previous site of the posterior fontanelle
- It is a common, normal variant and one of the wormian bones
History
- So called because of its allegedly high incidence in Peruvian mummies[2]
See Also
References
- ↑ Panzer, Stephanie, et al. "Reconstructing the life of an unknown (ca. 500 years-old South American Inca) mummy–multidisciplinary study of a Peruvian Inca mummy suggests severe Chagas disease and ritual homicide." PLoS One 9.2 (2014): e89528.
- ↑ Marathe R, Yogesh A, Pandit S, Joshi M, Trivedi G. Inca - interparietal bones in neurocranium of human skulls in central India. (2010) Journal of neurosciences in rural practice. 1 (1): 14-6.