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Definition of Coronal suture

1. Noun. The suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull.

Definition of Coronal suture

1. Noun. The line of junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones of the skull. ¹

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Medical Definition of Coronal suture

1. The line of junction of the frontal with the two parietal bones of the skull. Synonym: sutura coronalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronal Suture

Literary usage of Coronal suture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"The coronal suture can be readily made out in most cases by steadily pressing the scalp with the thumb backward and forward over its supposed site. ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1906)
"In the porcupine itself the muscle does just cross the lower edge of the coronal suture, and in it there is a slight though marked angle at the point of ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"This suture sometimes presents, near its posterior extremity, the parietal foramen on each side ; and in front, where it joins the coronal suture, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"Depressions are present behind the coronal suture and just above the lambda; ... Slight depressions above the lambda and behind the coronal suture on the ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"It runs in a nearly straight course for 1.7 cm. upward, parallel with the coronal suture. At this point it ends and is joined at nearly a right angle by the ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Luther Holden (1878)
"This suture sometimes presents, near its posterior extremity, the parietal foramen on each side ; and in front, where it joins the coronal suture, ..."

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