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bregma

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bregma /breg·ma/ (breg´mah) the point on the surface of the skull at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures.bregmat´ic
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Bregma.

breg·ma (brgm)
n. pl. breg·ma·ta (-m-t)
The junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the skull.

breg·matic (-mtk) adj.

bregma
[breg′mə]
Etymology: Gk, the front of the head
the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures on the top of the skull. bregmatic, adj.

bregma,
n meeting place on the skull of the anterior sagittal and coronal sutures.
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Bregma.

bregma (breg´m),
n the point at which the sagittal and coronary sutures meet.


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3 mm from bregma and identified by the presence of both dorsal and ventral hippocampal formation with a narrowing in the middle [comparable with Figure 21 from Zilles (1985)].
 
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