Squamous suture

Sutura squamosa

Definition

The sutura squamosa is formed by the overlapping of contiguous bones by broad bevelled margins, as in the squamosal suture between the temporal and parietal,

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/).