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
The transverse arc from one auditory foramen to the other across the middle of the sagittal suture measures about 13 inches.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
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 Aleš Hrdlička
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