coronal suture

American  

noun

Anatomy.

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

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coronal suture British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of coronal suture

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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coronal suture

One sticking point for several was whether it was possible to make any accurate judgement about brain structure based on the landmarks of the coronal suture and precentral sulcus.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021

In great apes, the precentral sulcus crosses paths with the coronal suture toward the front of the skull.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021

“When they report the coronal suture is here and precentral sulcus is there, that’s correct, but you can’t predict anything from that,” Hurst says.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021

The coronal suture is partly open on the left, and wholly open on the right, up to a point a little below the middle of the anterior border of the parietal bone.

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

Between the time of Dr. Dewees' visits, not more than an hour, the hair anterior to the coronal suture turned white.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)