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
Sir Walter Scott had a skull in which premature closure of the sagittal suture produced the appearance of scaphocephaly, but compensation for this elsewhere produced a decidedly different type.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
The hair was clipped from the head, and an incision carried immediately from between the eye-brows to the back part of the skull, in the direction of the sagittal suture.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
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