Frontoethmoidal suture
Sutura frontoethmoidea
- Latin synonym: Sutura frontoethmoidalis
Definition
The frontoethmoidal suture is the cranial suture between the ethmoid bone and the frontal bone.
In the frontoethmoidal suture are the anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramina, the former transmitting the nasociliary nerve and anterior ethmoidal vessels, the latter the posterior ethmoidal nerve and vessels.
References
This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org
