frontoethmoidal suture — sutura frontoethmoidalis … Medical 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
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
Base of the skull — The base of the skull (lat. basis cranii) is the most inferior area of the skull.tructuresStructures found at the base of the skull are for example: *Foramen magnum *Foramen ovale (skull)Bones*Ethmoid bone *Sphenoid bone *Occipital bone *Frontal… … Wikipedia
sutura frontoethmoidalis — [TA] frontoethmoidal suture: the line of junction in the anterior cranial fossa between the frontal bone and the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone … Medical dictionary
Joint — For other uses, see Joint (disambiguation). Typical Joint A joint is the location at which two or more bones make contact.[1] They are constructed to allow movement and provide mechanical support, and are classified structurally and functionally … Wikipedia
