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The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.

s characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man,…

Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. Huxley.

e region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

tion to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

nished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A sharp- quilled porcupine." Shak. Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.…

Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.

Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc. Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. Addison.

Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.

longated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.

e skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam.

Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.

Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.

Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

Suture of a tendon.

Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.

a Danish anatomist. Wormian bones, small irregular plates of bone often interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.