- sutura frontalis persistens
- [TA] the name given to the inferior part of the frontal suture when it persists in the adult; called also s. frontalis metopica [TA alternative] and metopic s.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sutura frontalis persistens
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sutura frontalis — frontal suture: the usually transient line of junction between the right and left halves of the frontal bone. The inferior part may persist in the adult, in which case it is called the metopic suture (sutura frontalis persistens [TA]) … Medical dictionary
sutura frontalis metopica — TA alternative for s. frontalis persistens … 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
metopic suture — sutura frontalis persistens … Medical dictionary
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 — 1. sutura frontalis. 2. sutura frontalis persistens … Medical dictionary
