sagittal suture
Britishnoun
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The lambdoid suture extends downward and laterally to either side away from its junction with the sagittal suture.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
On the posterior skull, the sagittal suture terminates by joining the lambdoid suture.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The sagittal suture joins the right and left parietal bones.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Their upper lines or boundaries touch each other over a part of the sagittal suture, a little back of the bregma; while the lower lines approach to within 6 mm. of the sagittal suture.
From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Hrdlička, Aleš
Arch across the skull of a rounded, flattened curve, with a depression up the centre of the forehead from the medium line between the eyes, to half way up the sagittal suture.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
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