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sagittal suture

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noun

  1. a serrated line on the top of the skull that marks the junction of the two parietal bones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The lambdoid suture extends downward and laterally to either side away from its junction with the sagittal suture.

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The sagittal suture joins the right and left parietal bones.

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On the posterior skull, the sagittal suture terminates by joining the lambdoid suture.

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The point at which the division has reached the sagittal suture is situated a little behind the middle of the latter.

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

"Villain!" exclaimed the Raja, "does not the soul or conscious life enter the body through the sagittal suture and lodge in the brain, thence to contemplate, through the same opening, the divine perfections?"

From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Burton, Isabel, Lady

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