The point on the human skull where the two parietal bones meet the frontal bone; one of the anatomical landmarks on the top-front of the head.
From Greek 'bregma,' meaning 'front part of the head' or 'top of the head.' The term entered anatomical vocabulary through scientific Latin during the Renaissance when scholars systematized body descriptions.
The bregma is one of the 'fontanels' in babies—soft spots that let the skull squeeze through the birth canal and allow the brain to grow, which is why babies are born with gaps in their skulls!
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