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FRONTAL SUTURE [2 records]

Record 1 2019-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year ...

OBS

Not to be confused with the metopic suture, which persists in some adults.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

La première suture à s'ossifier est la suture frontale, entre les deux os frontaux. Elle s'ossifie habituellement au cours des premières années de la vie.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la suture métopique qui est présente chez certains adultes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Paleontology
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Head with a curving suture (the frontal suture), usually beginning on the face, running around above the antennae and down on the other side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Paléontologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

[...] les deux bras du Y dirigés vers la base des antennes forment la suture frontale.

Spanish

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