sagittal suture
a serrated line on the top of the skull that marks the junction of the two parietal bones
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The interparietal is commonly distinct, and the parietals unite in a long sagittal suture, which is often developed into a crest.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe course of the sagittal suture is grooved, and above the angle of the occipital bone the parietals are depressed.
Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays | Thomas Henry HuxleyThe transverse arc from one auditory foramen to the other across the middle of the sagittal suture measures about 13 inches.
The Geological Evidence of The Antiquity of Man | Charles LyellThe point at which the division has reached the sagittal suture is situated a little behind the middle of the latter.
I have sawed one of these skulls in two along the sagittal suture.
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes | Toms de Comyn
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