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Sutures

Cranial Sutures

Cranial Sutures

Lateral view of skull showing the location of some of the cranial sutures.

This diagram of the skull shows location of the cranial sutures, with reference to the mandible, zygomatic, temporal, parietal, temporal lines, coronal suture, frontal, nasal, and maxilla.

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