sagittal suture
Britishnoun
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The sagittal suture joins the right and left parietal bones.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
On the posterior skull, the sagittal suture terminates by joining the lambdoid suture.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The lambdoid suture extends downward and laterally to either side away from its junction with the sagittal suture.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Obelion, ō-bē′li-on, n. a point in the sagittal suture of the skull, between the two parietal foramina.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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 Lyell, Charles, Sir
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