Lacrimal Bone Anatomy
Major Sutures of the Skull
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Introduction to the Sutures of the Skull:
Sutures (L., sutura, from suere ‘to sew’) are junctions (or lines of articulation) between adjacent bones of the skull.
- They are rigidly held together by fibrous connective tissue.
Major Sutures:
Coronal suture – the junction between the frontal and parietal bones. [
Lateral view]
Squamousal suture – the junction between the parietal and temporal bones. [
Lateral view]
Lambdoidal suture – the junction between the parietal and occipital bones. [
Lateral view]
Other Sutures:
Sphenofrontal suture – the junction between the sphenoid and frontal bones. [
Lateral view]
Sphenosquamousal suture – the junction between the sphenoid and temporal bones. [
Lateral view]
Sphenoparietal suture – the junction between the sphenoid and parietal bones. [
Lateral view]
Parietomastoid suture – the juntion between the parietal and temporal bones. [
Lateral view]
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Occipitomastoid suture – the junction between the occipital and temporal bones. [
Lateral view]
Major Sutures:
Sagittal suture – the junction between the two parietal bones. [
Posterior view]
Lambdoidal suture – the junction between the parietal bones and the occipital bone. [
Posterior view]
Other Sutures:
Parietomastoid suture – the junction between the parietal and temporal bones. [
Posterior view]
Occipitomastoid suture – the junction between the occipital and temporal bones. [
Posterior view]
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