Sutures

for Immediate Gastrostomy. side, and those at the vertex. These are as follows: S., Basilar, the junction between the basilar surface of the occipital bone and the posterior surface of the body of the sphenoid. S., Coronal (fronto-parietal), the union of the frontal with the parietal bones transversely acro the vertex of the skull. S., Dentate, an irregular tooth-suture, as between the parietal bones. S., Ethmoido-frontal, the union between the frontal and ethmoid bones. S., Ethmo-lacrymal, the union between the lacrymal and ethmoid bones. S., Ethmosphenoid, the union between the sphenoid and ethmoid bones. S., Ealse, any suture in which there is interlocking of the bones without serration. S., Frontal, a suture which at birth joins the two frontal bones from the vertex to the root of the nose. The bones afterward become one by its obliteration. S., Frontomalar, the union between the malar and frontal bones. S., Fronto-maxillary, the union between the superior maxillary and frontal bones. S., Fr on to nasal, the union between the nasal and frontal bones. S., Frontoparietal. See Coronal Suture. S., Fronto-sphenoid, the union between the alse of the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone. S., Fronto-temporal, the union between the frontal and temporal bones. S., Infraorbital, a suture sometimes found in the line of the infra-orbital canal. S., Intermaxillary, the union between the superior maxillary bones. S., Inter nasal, the union between the nasal bones. S., Interparietal. See S., Sagittal. S., Jugal. See S., Sagittal. S., Lambdoici, the union between the two superior borders of the occipital bone and the parietal bones. S., Lepidoid. See S., Squamo-parietal. S., Longitudinal. See S., Sagittal. S., Mas to occipital. See S., Occipitomastoid. S., Masto-parietal. See S., Parieto-mastoid. S., Maxillo-lacrymal, the union between the lacrymal and superior maxillary bones. S., Maxillo-premaxillary, the union of the premaxillary portion of the superior maxillary with the rest of the bone. S., Medio-frontal. See S., Frontal. S., Metopic. See S., Frontal. S., Naso-maxillary, the union between the superior maxillary and nasal bones. S., Neurocentral, the cartilages between the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae, posterior to the points of articulation of the ribs with the main portion. S., Occipital. See S., Lambdoid. S., Occipito-mastoid, the union between the mastoid portion of the temporal bone and the occipital bone. S., Occipitoparietal.