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anatomical point connecting sagittal and lambdoidal sutures
- Term ID
- UBERON:0013424
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- lambda
- posterior fontanelle
- Definition
- The occipital angle is rounded and corresponds with the point of meeting of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures-a point which is termed the lambda (after the Greek letter of the same name); in the fetus this part of the skull is membranous, and is called the posterior fontanelle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_(anatomy)
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- Lambda:(anatomy)
- Ontology
- Uberon Ontology
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