Sagittal suture

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Sagittal suture
Human adult skull from above
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Identifiers
Latin	sutura sagittalis
TA98	A03.1.02.003
TA2	1576
FMA	52929
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The sagittal suture, also known as the interparietal suture and the sutura interparietalis,^{[citation needed]} is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. The term is derived from the Latin word sagitta, meaning arrow.^{[citation needed]}