Sagittal
Sagittal , adjective
[Latin sagitta an arrow: compare French sagittal.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
2.
(a) (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rhabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.
(b)
(Anatomy) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
Collocations (1)
Sagittal suture (Anatomy) , the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.