Category:Sagittal

Sag"it*tal, a. Etym: [l. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. saguttal.]

1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with An arowlike appendage.

2. (anat.) (a) of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the Sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on The inner surface of the roof of the skull. (b) in the mesial plane; as, a sagittal section of an animal. Sagittal suture (anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in The top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and Interparietal suture.