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

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 on this side, below the division, shows serration about equal to that of the abnormal suture; the obliterated portion above this was, so far as can be seen, more simple.

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

The division consisted invariably of a longer or shorter remnant of a horizontal "parietal suture," ending in the coronal suture at the top of the bend above referred to.

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