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A suture is a joining of something.

The word is used of the places where two bones join, such as in the skull.

It is also used, more frequently, to refer to the stitching closed of the edges of a wound or surgical incision.

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Which suture connects the parietal and temporal bones?

The occipital, parietal and temporal bones are connected by the squamosal suture. This suture was not present when a person is a newborn baby.


Which suture connects the occipital and parietal bones?

The suture that goes in between the two parietal bones (left and right) is called the saggital suture. That is the main suture that runs in the middle of the top of your head. The parietal bones articulate with the occipital bone at the lambdoidal suture and with the temporal bones (left and right where the ears are), at the squamosal suture. Finally the parietal bones both meet with the frontal bone at the coronal suture. But the main suture between the parietals again is the saggital suture.Lambdoidal suture connects the two parietal bones together.


What suture is most likely to contain sutural bones?

The sagittal suture is most likely to contain sutural bones. Sutural bones are small bones found within the sutures of the skull, and the sagittal suture is the largest and most complex cranial suture which can exhibit these bones.


What are the four major sutures of the skull?

Squamous suture (separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone), Coronal suture (separates the frontal bone from the parietal bone), Sagittal suture (separates the parietal bones) and the Lamboid suture (separates the occipital bone from the parietal bone)


Is a 4-0 suture finer than a 2-0 suture?

Yes. "4-0" is another way of writing out "0000", and 2-0 is another way of writing out "00". The more zeroes, the finer the suture. US suture sizes generally range from 11-0 ("eleven-ought", which is incredibly fine suture used for eye surgery) to 5 (heavy suture used for orthopedic procedures).