sagittal
IPA: sˈædʒʌtʌɫ
adjective
- (anatomy) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
- (anatomy) Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
- Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
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Examples of "sagittal" in Sentences
- The issue is the sagittal plane.
- Flattening of the sagittal contour.
- The second special plane is the sagittal plane.
- The second special plane is the sagittal plane .
- The second special plane is the 'sagittal plane'.
- It is perpendicular to the coronal and sagittal planes.
- The sagittal suture joins together the two parietal bones of skull.
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