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

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coronal suture

“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

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

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021

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 both sexes one of these abnormal bones is situated on each branch of the coronal suture, and the male possesses an additional one placed more anteriorly, and occupying the middle of the frontal suture.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 by Various

The abnormal as well as the open part of the coronal suture on this side shows a simpler serration than the corresponding sutures on the left side.

From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Aleš Hrdlička