sutural bone
1sutural bone — n WORMIAN BONE * * * os suturale …
2sutural bone — noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones • Syn: ↑Wormian bone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os * * * noun : wormian bone …
3Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …
4Orbital process of the zygomatic bone — Bone: Orbital process of the zygomatic bone Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface. (Orbital proc. visible at upper left.) Latin facies orbitalis ossis zygomatici Gray s …
5Wormian bone — Wor·mi·an bone wȯr mē ən n a small irregular inconstant plate of bone interposed in a suture between large cranial bones called also sutural bone Worm vȯrm Ole (Latin Olaus Wormius) (1588 1654) Danish physician. Worm was a professor of medicine …
6Wormian bone — noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones • Syn: ↑sutural bone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os * * * ˈwȯ(r)mēən noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology …
7Wormian bone — noun Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the the cranium in addition to the normal bones. Syn: sutural bone See Also: epipteric …
8suprainterparietal bone — a wormian (sutural) bone sometimes occurring at the posterior part of the sagittal suture …
9osteogenesis — The formation of bone. SYN: osteogeny, osteosis (2), ostosis (2). [osteo + G. genesis, production] distraction o. a technique of inducing new bone formation by dividing a bone and applying tension through an …
10os suturale — [TA] pl., osґsa suturaґlia sutural bone: any of the small irregular bones in the sutures between the bones of the skull, most frequently in the course of the lambdoid suture and often at the fontanelles (ossa fonticulorum); called also epactal… …
