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lambdoidal suture

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lambdoidal suture
[lamdoi′dəl]
the interdigitating connection between the occipital bone and the parietal bones of the skull. It is continuous with the occipitomastoid suture between the occipital and the mastoid portions of the temporal bones.

lambdoidal suture,
n meeting place of the parietal and occipital bones, which is shaped like the Greek letter lambda.
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3-6) Movement among components of the cranial vault also is impossible in most adults because coronal and sagittal sutures usually have begun to ossify by age 25 to 30 years and the lambdoidal suture only slightly later.
The posterior fontanelle is the unossified area of the skull at the junction of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures.
The posterior fontanelle is the unossified area of the skull at the junction of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures.
 
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