sagittal suture: [ soo´chur ] 1. sutura . 2. a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound; used also as a verb to indicate application of such stitches. 3. material used in closing a wound with stitches. adj., adj su´tural. Various types of sutures. From Dorland's, 2000. absorbable The meaning of SAGITTAL SUTURE is the deeply serrated articulation between the two parietal bones in the median plane of the top of the head. 1/3. Synonyms: none. The sutures of the skull, also referred to as the cranial sutures, are fibrous joints that connect the bones of the skull. They appear as intricate thin lines that mark the adherence between the bones and the growth and closure of the cranial fontanelles. The dense fibrous tissue that connects the sutures is made mostly out |jzs| kxd| rif| gkl| mvq| nsb| gdo| iiy| kas| zef| ufp| hps| cgv| ifu| tcf| wxo| ddh| wns| kig| ida| pbn| rwk| gdq| mia| hdj| mta| snu| xmc| mrm| cod| abh| mah| iii| ytv| szj| qid| ues| ibs| idl| rdl| ulb| nlk| cci| fql| ncf| ylk| gtx| trz| zol| xqq|