Midline joint between the parietal bones of the skull
Sagittal suture
Human adult skull from above.
Human adult skull from above. Sagittal suture labeled at center.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
sutura sagittalis
TA98
A03.1.02.003
TA2
1576
FMA
52929
Anatomical terminology
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The sagittal suture, also known as the interparietal suture and the sutura interparietalis,[citation needed] is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. The term is derived from the Latin word sagitta, meaning arrow.[citation needed]
The sagittalsuture, also known as the interparietal suture and the sutura interparietalis,[citation needed] is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint...
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A sagittal crest is a ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittalsuture) of many mammalian and reptilian...
the sagittalsuture posteriorly by the lambdoidal suture —similar to feathers on an arrow. The Oxford English Dictionary indicates that sagittal in the...
parietal bones where they meet along the sagittalsuture, or on both bones. Sagittal keels differ from sagittal crests, which are found in some earlier...
The sagittalsuture 'divides' the coronal suture in two halves; unilateral meaning that either the right side or the left side to the sagittalsuture is...
frontal bone, forming half of the coronal suture. The point where the coronal suture intersects with the sagittalsuture forms a T-shape and is called the bregma...
planes are used: The sagittal plane or lateral plane (longitudinal, anteroposterior) is a plane parallel to the sagittalsuture. It divides the body into...
Scaphocephaly, or sagittal craniosynostosis, is a type of cephalic disorder which occurs when there is a premature fusion of the sagittalsuture. Premature closure...
ISBN 978-0-7020-3100-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) "Sagittalsuture." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). Moore, Keith L., and...
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Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2023. "Sagittalsuture." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). Moore, Keith L., and...
by cranial sutures (see figure 1). The anterior fontanelle is where the metopic, sagittal and coronal sutures meet. Normally the sutures gradually fuse...
triangular in form and situated at the junction of the sagittalsuture and lambdoidal suture. It generally closes in 6–8 weeks from birth. The cranial...
fontanelle, and is placed at the junction of the sagittalsuture, coronal suture, and frontal suture; it is lozenge-shaped, and measures about 4 cm in...
is triangle-shaped. It lies at the junction between the sagittalsuture and lambdoid suture. At birth, the skull features a small posterior fontanelle...
The term obelion is applied to that point of the sagittalsuture which is on a level with the parietal foramina. This article incorporates text in the...
coronal suture and lambdoid suture bilaterally), dolichocephaly (fusion of the sagittalsuture), plagiocephaly (fusion of coronal and lambdoidal sutures unilaterally)...
chloroplasts and a theca, which is composed of two large plates joined by a sagittalsuture. This structure is shared with the Dinophysiales, and they are probably...
replaced by bone creating sutures. The five sutures are the two squamous sutures, one coronal, one lambdoid, and one sagittalsuture. The posterior fontanelle...
hence the name flexion point. The flexion point is located on the sagittalsuture, 3 cm (about 1 inch) forward of the posterior fontanelle. Use the middle...