parietomastoid suture
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parietomastoid suture — noun the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones • Hypernyms: ↑suture, ↑sutura, ↑fibrous joint • Part Holonyms: ↑cranium, ↑braincase, ↑brainpan … Useful english dictionary
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
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
Squamosal suture — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = sutura squamosa cranii GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 183 Caption = Side view of the skull. (Squamosal suture visible at center, right above temporal bone, which is colored pink in the diagram). Caption2 =… … Wikipedia
sutura — SYN: suture (1). [L. a sewing, a suture, fr. suo, pp. sutus, to sew] s. coronalis [TA] SYN: coronal suture. suturae cranii [TA] SYN: cranial sutures, under suture. s. ethmoidolacrimalis [TA] SYN: ethmoidolacrimal suture. s. ethmoidomaxillaris… … Medical dictionary
fibrous joint — noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) • Syn: ↑suture, ↑sutura • Hypernyms: ↑joint, ↑articulation, ↑articulatio • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sutura — noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) • Syn: ↑suture, ↑fibrous joint • Hypernyms: ↑joint, ↑articulation, ↑articulatio • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
braincase — noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain • Syn: ↑cranium, ↑brainpan • Derivationally related forms: ↑cranial (for: ↑cranium) • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
brainpan — noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain • Syn: ↑cranium, ↑braincase • Derivationally related forms: ↑cranial (for: ↑cranium) • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
asterion — noun the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture • Hypernyms: ↑craniometric point • Part Holonyms: ↑cranium, ↑braincase, ↑brainpan … Useful english dictionary
