sutura

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sutura - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) fibrous joint, suture coronal suture, sutura coronalis - the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull frontal suture, sutura frontalis - the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6) intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris - the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone internasal suture, sutura internasalis - the suture between the two nasal bones lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea - the suture between the occipital and parietal bones occipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture parietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis - the suture uniting the two parietal bones articulatio, joint, articulation - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)