Lambda (anatomy)

Lambda (anatomy)

Infobox Anatomy
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Caption = Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Lambda labeled at center right.)


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DorlandsPre = l_02
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The occipital angle is rounded and corresponds with the point of meeting of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures—a point which is termed the lambda (after the Greek letter of the same name); in the fetus this part of the skull is membranous, and is called the posterior fontanelle.

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