sagittal suture

NOUN
  1. the suture uniting the two parietal bones
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  • In the middle line is the posterior part of the sagittal suture connecting the parietal bones; extending downward and lateralward from the hinder end of the sagittal suture is the deeply serrated lambdoidal suture joining the parietals to the occipital and continuous below with the parietomastoid and occipitomastoid sutures; it frequently contains one or more sutural bones. II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
  • Isolated sagittal synostosis, premature fusion of the sagittal suture, is the most common type of craniosynostosis and accounts for 56% to 58% of reported cases.
  • An additional fontanelle is sometimes seen in the sagittal suture at the region of the obelion. II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
  • The sagittal suture extends midline along the vertex of the cranium from the anterior coronal suture line to the posterior lambdoidal suture line.
  • The unfused interfrontal, coronal, and sagittal sutures are indicated in the skull of a wild-type littermate.
  • The head is at or on the perineum, and the sagittal suture is in the AP plane or rotated up to 45 degrees.
  • The coronal and sagittal sutures are on the exterior nearly closed, and on the inside so completely ossified as to have left no traces whatever, whilst the lambdoidal remains quite open. Essays
  • Sagittal craniosynostosis occurs when there is fusion of the sagittal suture, which runs from a spot at the front of the head to the back of the skull, resulting in a long, narrow skull with or without bulging of both the back and front of the head. The Beauty of Love
  • The unfused interfrontal, coronal, and sagittal sutures are indicated in the skull of a wild-type littermate.
  • The skull is often somewhat flattened in the neighborhood of the parietal foramina, and the term obelion is applied to that point of the sagittal suture which is on a level with the foramina. II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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