Sphenoparietal suture
| Sphenoparietal suture | |
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 Lateral view of sphenoparietal suture (red) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | sutura sphenoparietalis |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The sphenoparietal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone. It is one of the sutures that comprises the pterion.
Additional images
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Position of sphenoparietal suture (shown in red). Animation. -
Parietal bones (above) and sphenoid bone (below) -
Position of sphenoparietal suture -
Side view of the skull. Sphenoparietal suture indicated by the arrow. -
Left zygomatic bone in situ. (Sphenoparietal suture visible at upper right in blue.)
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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