lambdoid suture
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Lambdoid suture — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = sutura lambdoidea GraySubject = 32 GrayPage = 132 Caption = Side view of the skull. ( Lambdoidal suture visible at right.) System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = s 30 DorlandsSuf = 12774079 The… … Wikipedia
Lambdoid — Lamb doid, a. [Gr. ?, la mbda the letter lambda ([Lambda]) + e i^dos shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suture (joint) — This article is about joints in the bones of the cranium. There is also an article about sutures as features of a wide range of animals. Suture also has other meanings in other contexts: Surgical suture, to describe stitches and other techniques… … Wikipedia
lambdoid — [lam′doid΄] adj. [Gr lambdoeidēs: see LAMBDA & OID] shaped like the Greek lambda (λ); specif., designating the suture that connects the occipital and the parietal bones of the skull … English World dictionary
Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… … Medical dictionary
lambdoid — Resembling the Greek letter lambda (λ), as does the l. suture. [lambda + G. eidos, resemblance] * * * lamb·doid lam .dȯid or lamb·doi·dal .lam dȯid əl adj having the Lambda or lambda shape of the Greek letter lambda esp of, relating to, or… … Medical dictionary
Frontal suture — Bone: Frontal suture Skull at birth, seen from above … Wikipedia
Coronal suture — Side view of the skull. ( Coronal suture visible near top.) … Wikipedia
Occipitomastoid suture — Side view of the skull. (Occipitomastoid suture identified with arrow.) … Wikipedia
Craniosynostosis — Classification and external resources Child with premature closure (craniosynostosis) of the lambdoid suture. Notice the swelling on the right side of the head ICD 10 … Wikipedia
