sutural bone
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sutural bone — noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones • Syn: ↑Wormian bone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os * * * noun : wormian bone … Useful english dictionary
Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body … Medical dictionary
Orbital process of the zygomatic bone — Bone: Orbital process of the zygomatic bone Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface. (Orbital proc. visible at upper left.) Latin facies orbitalis ossis zygomatici Gray s … Wikipedia
Wormian bone — Wor·mi·an bone wȯr mē ən n a small irregular inconstant plate of bone interposed in a suture between large cranial bones called also sutural bone Worm vȯrm Ole (Latin Olaus Wormius) (1588 1654) Danish physician. Worm was a professor of medicine … Medical dictionary
Wormian bone — noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones • Syn: ↑sutural bone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os * * * ˈwȯ(r)mēən noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Wormian bone — noun Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the the cranium in addition to the normal bones. Syn: sutural bone See Also: epipteric … Wiktionary
suprainterparietal bone — a wormian (sutural) bone sometimes occurring at the posterior part of the sagittal suture … Medical dictionary
osteogenesis — The formation of bone. SYN: osteogeny, osteosis (2), ostosis (2). [osteo + G. genesis, production] distraction o. a technique of inducing new bone formation by dividing a bone and applying tension through an … Medical dictionary
os suturale — [TA] pl., osґsa suturaґlia sutural bone: any of the small irregular bones in the sutures between the bones of the skull, most frequently in the course of the lambdoid suture and often at the fontanelles (ossa fonticulorum); called also epactal… … Medical dictionary
Charles Joseph Patten — (1870 Ballybrack 1949) was an Irish anatomist and ornithologist. He wrote The aquatic birds of Great Britain and Ireland London, R. H. Porter,1906, The story of the birds a guide to the study of avian structure and habits Published in 1928,… … Wikipedia
