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anatomical point connecting sagittal and lambdoidal sutures

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013424

The occipital angle is rounded and corresponds with the point of meeting of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures-a point which is termed the lambda (after the Greek letter of the same name); in the fetus this part of the skull is membranous, and is called the posterior fontanelle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_(anatomy) ]

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anatomical point connecting sagittal and lambdoidal sutures

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lambda

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uberon

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posterior fontanelle

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anatomical point and connects some lambdoid suture and connects some sagittal suture

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anatomical point
connects some sagittal suture
connects some lambdoid suture
part of some skull