Biology:Sphenoparietal suture

Short description: Cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone

Sphenoparietal suture
Sphenoparietal suture in red
Position of sphenoparietal suture   Parietal bone   Sphenoid bone
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Sutura sphenoparietalis
Anatomical terminology

The sphenoparietal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone. It is one of the sutures that comprises the pterion.

Additional images

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  Position of sphenoparietal suture (shown in red). Animation.

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  Parietal bones (above) and sphenoid bone (below)

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  Side view of the skull. Sphenoparietal suture indicated by the arrow.

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  Left zygomatic bone in situ. (Sphenoparietal suture visible at upper right in blue.)