occipital suture
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occipital suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A transverse suture sometimes present on the back of the head that separates the vertex from the occiput dorsally and the genae from the postgenae laterally … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
occipital — occipital, ale, aux [ ɔksipital, o ] adj. • av. 1478; lat. médiév. occipitalis ♦ Anat. Qui appartient à l occiput. Os occipital, et n. m. l occipital : os qui forme la partie inférieure et postérieure du crâne. Trou occipital : large ouverture de … Encyclopédie Universelle
spheno-occipital suture — “+... noun also spheno occipital : the junction between the basisphenoid and basioccipital bones of the mammalian skull that in man is usually closed by the age of 25 … Useful english dictionary
Occipital condyle — Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyle for artic. with atlas labeled at lower left.) Latin condylus occipitalis Gray s … Wikipedia
Occipital bone — Bone: Occipital bone Sagittal section of skull. (Occipital bone is at right, in blue.) … Wikipedia
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
occipital — occipitally, adv. /ok sip i tl/, Anat. adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or situated near the occiput or the occipital bone. n. 2. any of several parts of the occiput, esp. the occipital bone. [1535 45; < ML occipitalis, equiv. to L occipit (s. of… … Universalium
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
Occipital groove — Bone: Occipital groove Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Occipital groove labeled at bottom right.) Latin sulcus arteriae occipitalis Gray s … Wikipedia
Occipital plane — Bone: Occipital plane Occipital bone at birth … Wikipedia
