coronal suture

noun

, Anatomy.

1. a seam extending across the skull where the frontal bone and the parietal bones meet.

coronal suture

noun

1. the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones

Word History and Origins

Origin of coronal suture¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Trochocephaly (roundness of head) is due to partial synostosis of the frontals and parietals in the centre of the coronal suture.

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These terminate at the false sutures which themselves begin at the laudal and end at the coronal suture.

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Below the junction of the abnormal with the coronal suture, the latter takes a pronounced bend forward.

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A similar bend in the coronal suture is present in the same specimen on the left side.

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The portions of the coronal suture below and above the bend differ somewhat in character.

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