Sphenoparietal suture
Sphenoparietal suture in red
Position of sphenoparietal suture   Parietal bone   Sphenoid bone
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Sutura sphenoparietalis
TA98	A03.1.02.009
TA2	1583
FMA	52945
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The sphenoparietal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the parietal bone. It is one of the sutures that comprises the pterion.

Additional images

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  Position of sphenoparietal suture (shown in red). Animation.
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  Parietal bones (above) and sphenoid bone (below)
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  Side view of the skull. Sphenoparietal suture indicated by the arrow.
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  Left zygomatic bone in situ. (Sphenoparietal suture visible at upper right in blue.)