- sphenoparietal suture
- sphenoparietal suture n the suture occurring between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone
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sutura sphenoparietalis.
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sphenoparietal suture
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Sphenoparietal suture — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = Sutura sphenoparietalis GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 182 Caption = Left zygomatic bone in situ. (Sphenoparietal suture visible at upper right.) Caption2 = Side view of the skull. (Sphenoparietal suture… … Wikipedia
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
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
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
Pterion — Infobox Anatomy Name = Pterion Latin = GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 182 Caption = Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Pterion labeled at center.) Caption2 = Side view of the skull. (Pterion visible but not labeled. Arrow points … Wikipedia
pterion — noun The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull … Wiktionary
sutura sphenoparietalis — [TA] sphenoparietal suture: the line of junction between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone … Medical dictionary
