Suture

  • 121transscutal suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In many orders, a transverse suture connecting the lateral margins behind the anterior notal wing process, dividing the scutum into an anterior and posterior region. 2. In some Hymenoptera, a suture dividing the posterior …

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  • 122frontoparietal suture — n CORONAL SUTURE * * * sutura coronalis …

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  • 123mattress suture — mat·tress suture ma trəs n a surgical stitch in which the suture is passed back and forth through both edges of a wound so that the needle is reinserted each time on the side of exit and passes through to the side of insertion called also… …

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  • 124nasofrontal suture — n the cranial suture between the nasal and frontal bones * * * sutura frontonasalis …

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  • 125nasomaxillary suture — n the suture uniting the nasal bone and the maxilla * * * sutura nasomaxillaris …

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  • 126sagittal suture — n the deeply serrated articulation between the two parietal bones in the median plane of the top of the head * * * see suture * * * sutura sagittalis …

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  • 127sphenofrontal suture — sphe·no·fron·tal suture .sfē nō .frənt əl n the suture occurring between the greater wing of the sphenoid and the frontal bone * * * sutura sphenofrontalis …

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  • 128sphenoparietal suture — n the suture occurring between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone * * * sutura sphenoparietalis …

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