adjective
- relating to or involving a suture, especially the seams between bones of the skull
Usage: medical; anatomical
Examples
- The sutural bones are small irregular bones found along the sutures of the skull.
- Sutural separation can occur in cases of increased intracranial pressure.
- The doctor examined the sutural lines on the X-ray.
- Premature sutural fusion can lead to cranial deformities.
- The sutural pattern varies between different species of mammals.
- Sutural complexity increases with age in many vertebrates.