Frontal suture
Sutura frontalis persistens
- Latin synonym: Sutura metopica
- Synonym: Metopic suture
- Related terms: Frontal suture; Metopic suture
Definition
Remains of the frontal or metopic suture; in infancy this suture divides the frontal bone into two, a condition which may persist throughout life.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
