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cranial suture

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Fibrous joint in which the articulating bones or cartilages of the skull are connected by sutural ligaments (scant amount of collagenous dense connective tissue). Examples: sagittal suture, frontal suture. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A3110148986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suture_(joint) ]

Term info

Label

cranial suture

Synonyms
  • cranium suture
  • suture joint of skull
  • suture of cranium
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

fma set term

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_71385

has broad synonym

suture, sutura

id

UBERON:0003685