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anatomical point connecting sagittal and lambdoidal sutures
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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) ]
Term info
Label
anatomical point connecting sagittal and lambdoidal sutures
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has broad synonym
lambda
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
posterior fontanelle
id
UBERON:0013424
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical point
- connects some sagittal suture
- connects some lambdoid suture
- part of some skull