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sagittal

/saj-i-tl/US // ˈsædʒ ɪ tl //UK // (ˈsædʒɪtəl) //

矢状图,矢状面,矢状位,矢状线

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture. from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
    • : pertaining to or resembling an arrow or arrowhead.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The third normal plane is the cingular (waist) plane: this is defined by the sagittal and transverse axes.

  • Valve symmetrical in zone and valve view along the sagittal line, but asymmetrical to the transverse axis, cuneate.

  • The sagittal plane of the valve of the auxospore is at right angles to the plane of the valve of the mother cell.

  • Simple dolichocephaly is due to synostosis of the sagittal, or antero-posterior suture of the skull.

  • One reconstruction was in wax, from sagittal sections, the other was a plotted reconstruction from transverse sections.