Sagittal suture
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Oh G, Hacking C, Lall N, et al. Sagittal suture. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Nov 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-45458
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26 May 2016,
Geon Oh
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The sagittal suture is the midline cranial suture between the two parietal bones.
At the junction of coronal, sagittal and frontal sutures, the anterior fontanelle is located which is open at birth and usually fuses at around 18-24 months after birth. The junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures after fontanelle closure is known as the bregma.
At the junction of sagittal and lambdoid suture, the posterior fontanelle is located which is open at birth and usually fuses at around 2-3 months after birth. The junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures after fontanelle closure is known as the lambda.
Related pathology
premature fusion of the sagittal suture results in scaphocephaly
normal fusion of the sagittal suture occurs at approximately 22 years of age
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References
- 1. Gray's anatomy. Elsevier. ISBN:0702052302. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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- Skull sutures
- Parietal bone
- Trigonocephaly
- Lambdoid suture
- Fetal skull vault sutures
- Anterior fontanelle
- Wormian bone
- Vertex
- Anatomical position
- Obelion
- Cranial vault
- Giant parietal foramina
- Bregma
- Posterior fontanelle
- Lambda
- Sagittal suture
- Scaphocephaly
- Cloverleaf skull (craniosynostosis)
- Craniosynostosis
- Coronal suture
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