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SAGITTAL SUTURE [6 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
Universal entry(ies)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[That is] in the plane of the sagittal suture or parallel to it...

OBS

sagittal: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
OBS

sagittal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
Entrada(s) universal(es)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
DEF

De la sutura sagital o relacionado con ella.

OBS

sagital: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 2 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
foramen parietale
Latin
A02.1.02.019
classification system code, see observation
CONT

The parietal foramen is a small, inconstant aperture located posteriorly in the parietal bone near the sagittal suture... ;paired parietal foramina may be present.

OBS

parietal foramen: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.02.019: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
foramen parietale
Latin
A02.1.02.019
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Orifice situé près de l'extrémité postérieure du bord supérieur du pariétal, livrant passage à une veine [émissaire].

OBS

foramen pariétal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.02.019 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
foramen parietale
Latin
A02.1.02.019
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Los parietales dejan entre ellos una pequeña abertura llamada foramen parietal.

OBS

A02.1.02.019: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 3 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
lambda
Latin
A02.1.00.017
classification system code, see observation
CONT

The two parietal bones join at the sagittal... suture, which runs anteroposteriorly along the centre of the skull. The posterior borders of both parietal bones meet the anterior border of the squamous part of the occipital bone at the lamboid... sutures. The point at which all three bones meet is termed "lambda. "

OBS

lambda: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.00.017: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
lambda
Latin
A02.1.00.017
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Situé au centre de l'occiput, le lambda marque le point de rencontre des sutures sagittales et lambdoïde [...]

OBS

lambda : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.00.017 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
lambda
Latin
A02.1.00.017
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Undécima letra del alfabeto griego; sirve para designar la sutura entre los huesos parietales y el occipital, cuya forma se parece a dicha letra.

OBS

A02.1.00.017: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 4 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The deformity of the skull produced by premature fusion at the sagittal suture. The skull is long and narrow and bears a ridge so that it has the appearance of an upturned boat with a keel.

OBS

A type of "craniostenosis".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Déformation crânienne comportant un développement considérable d'avant en arrière et un aplatissement latéral (d'où l'allure en coque de bateau), liée à une soudure prématurée de la suture sagittale.

OBS

La scaphocéphalie est une dolichocéphalie exagérée.

OBS

Variété de «craniosténose».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 5 1990-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Surgery
DEF

section that follows the sagittal suture and runs the entire length of the body, thus dividing the latter into more or less equal right and left halves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Chirurgie

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Obstetric Surgery
DEF

forceps delivery in which the forceps is applied when the scalp is or has been visible at the introitus without separating the labia, the skull has reached the pelvic floor, and the sagittal suture is in the anteroposterior diameter of the pelvis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie obstétrique

Spanish

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