Serrate suture

Sutura serrata

  • Synonym: Serrated suture

Definition

In the sutura serrata the edges of the bones are serrated like the teeth of a fine saw, as between the two portions of the frontal bone.

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/).

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