parietomastoid
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parietomastoid suture — sutura parietomastoidea … Medical dictionary
parietomastoid suture — noun the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones • Hypernyms: ↑suture, ↑sutura, ↑fibrous joint • Part Holonyms: ↑cranium, ↑braincase, ↑brainpan … Useful english dictionary
asterion — A craniometric point in the region of the posterolateral, or mastoid, fontanel, at the junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid and parietomastoid sutures. [G. asterios, starry] * * * as·te·ri·on as tir ē .än, ən … Medical dictionary
Asterion (anatomy) — Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Asterion visible at center right.) Gray s subject #46 183 … Wikipedia
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
Squamosal suture — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = sutura squamosa cranii GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 183 Caption = Side view of the skull. (Squamosal suture visible at center, right above temporal bone, which is colored pink in the diagram). Caption2 =… … 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
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
fonticulus mastoideus — [TA] mastoid fontanelle: the unossified area of the skull at the junction of the lambdoidal, parietomastoid, and occipitomastoid sutures. Called also posterolateral fontanelle, f. posterolateralis [TA alternative], and posterotemporal fontanelle … Medical dictionary
incisura parietalis ossis temporalis — [TA] parietal notch of temporal bone: the notch found on the upper margin of the temporal bone where the squamous and parietomastoid sutures meet … Medical dictionary
