sutura dentata
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Related to sutura dentata: sutura limbosa
sutura dentata
an immovable fibrous joint that is one kind of true suture in which toothlike processes interlock along the margins of connecting bones of the skull. Compare sutura limbosa, sutura serrata.
sutura dentata
A sutura with interlocking of bony processes resembling the teeth of a saw.
See also: sutura