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bregma

/breg-muh/US // ˈbrɛg mə //UK // (ˈbrɛɡmə) //

囟门,酿酒师,囟素,酝酿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural breg·ma·ta [breg-muh-tuh]. /ˈbrɛg mə tə/. Craniometry.

    • : the junction point of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull.

Examples

  • The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.

  • They may occur in connection with any of the fontanelles, but especially with that of the bregma.

  • His head is asymmetrical, and is full at the occiput, slightly sunken at the bregma, and the forehead is low.

  • There is a slight median ridge on the frontal ascending from the ophryon, at first narrow but expanding at the bregma to 50 mm.

  • Under the bregma is the brain; but the back part of the head is empty.