Sagittal
adjective
1.
Anatomy.
of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture.
(in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
2.
pertaining to or resembling an arrow or arrowhead.
adjective
1.
resembling an arrow; straight
2.
of or relating to the sagittal suture
3.
situated in a plane parallel to the sagittal suture
sagittal sag·it·tal (sāj’ĭ-tl)
adj.
Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull.
Of or relating to the sagittal plane.
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