Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In craniometry, a point in the sagittal suture of the skull, between the two parietal foramina. Here the sagittal suture becomes more simple. See cut under
craniometry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A
craniometric point on thesagittal suture between theparietal foramina near thelambdoid suture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture
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The skull is often somewhat flattened in the neighborhood of the parietal foramina, and the term obelion is applied to that point of the sagittal suture which is on a level with the foramina.
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An additional fontanelle is sometimes seen in the sagittal suture at the region of the obelion.
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