Sagittal

What do we mean by sagittal?

Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull. adjective

Of or relating to the sagittal plane. adjective

Shaped like or resembling an arrow or an arrow-head. Specifically

In anatomy: Pertaining to the sagittal suture.

Lying in or parallel to the plane of that suture: in this sense opposed to coronal.

Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. adjective

Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal. adjective

In the mesial plane; mesial. adjective

The suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture. adjective

In the direction from dorsal to ventral. adjective

Located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture adjective

In the direction from dorsal to ventral.

Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage.

Words that are spelled similarly to sagittal:
sagittal, sagitta, sagittae, sagittary, sagittate.

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