Sphenoparietal suture

Sphenoparietal suture
Sphenoparietal suture in red
Position of sphenoparietal suture Parietal bone Sphenoid bone
Details
Identifiers
Latin	sutura sphenoparietalis
TA98	A03.1.02.009
TA2	1583
FMA	52945
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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

Position of sphenoparietal suture (shown in red). Animation.
Parietal bones (above) and sphenoid bone (below)
Side view of the skull. Sphenoparietal suture indicated by the arrow.
Left zygomatic bone in situ. (Sphenoparietal suture visible at upper right in blue.)

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 182 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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