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cranial suture

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Fibrous joint in which the articulating bones or cartilages of the skull are connected by sutural ligaments (scant amount of collagenous dense connective tissue). Examples: sagittal suture, frontal suture. [ FMA:71385 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suture_(joint) http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=3110148986&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: suture of cranium, cranium suture, suture joint of skull

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000202

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_71385

has broad synonym

suture, sutura

id

UBERON:0003685

prefLabel

Set of cranial sutures, Suture