sagittal

sagittal /sag·it·tal/ (saj´ĭ-t'l)

1. shaped like an arrow.

2. situated in the direction of the sagittal suture; said of an anteroposterior plane or section parallel to the median plane of the body.

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sag·it·tal (sj-tl)

adj.

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

2. Of or relating to the sagittal plane.

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sagittal

[saj′ətəl]

Etymology: L, sagitta, arrow

(in anatomy) pertaining to a suture or an imaginary line extending from the front to the back in the midline of the body or a part of the body, dividing into right and left parts.

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sagittal (saj´tl),

adj shaped like or resembling an arrow; straight; situated in the direction of the sagittal suture. Said of an anteroposterior plane or section parallel to the long axis of the body.

sagittal axis,

n a hypothetical line through the mandibular condyle that serves as an axis for rotation movements of the mandible.

sagittal plane,

n See plane, sagittal.

sagittal splitting of mandible,

n an intraoral osteotomy of the ascending ramus and posterior body of the mandible in the sagittal plane for the correction of prognathism, retrognathism, or apertognathia. An alternative procedure confines the split to the body of the mandible.

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sagittal

1. shaped like an arrow.

2. situated in the direction of the sagittal suture; said of a plane or section parallel to the median plane of the body.