The articulation of the squamous portion of the temporal bones with the parietal bones[MP]. The squamosal suture arches backward from the pterion and connects the temporal squama with the lower border of the parietal: this suture is continuous behind with the short, nearly horizontal parietomastoid suture, which unites the mastoid process of the temporal with the region of the mastoid angle of the parietal[WP]. [ MP:0003844 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squamosal_suture ]
Synonyms: squamoparietal suture of skull squamo-parietal suture sutura squamosa cranii
Term information
- Wikipedia:Squamosal_suture
- SCTID:136248004
- EMAPA:19228
- SCTID:334174000
- FMA:52946
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Term relations
- cranial suture and connects some tetrapod parietal bone and connects some squamous part of temporal bone