frontal suture

fron·tal su·ture

[TA]

the suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year; if persistent it is called a metopic suture or sutura frontalis persistens.

Synonym(s): sutura frontalis

fron·tal su·ture

(frŏn'tăl sū'chŭr) [TA]

The suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year; if persistent it is called a metopic suture.

frontal suture

An occasional suture in the frontal bone from the sagittal suture to the root of the nose. Synonym: mediofrontal suture; metopic suture

See also: suture

fron·tal su·ture

(frŏn'tăl sū'chŭr) [TA]

Suture between two halves of frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year.