(anatomy) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.

In a sagittal direction.

Shaped like an arrowhead, with one point at one end, and two points at the other. / (botany, of leaves) Shaped like an arrowhead, with two pointed lobes extending downward from the base.

sagittal / sagittate

(anatomy) A ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) in many mammals and primates

(anatomy) Any imaginary plane parallel to median plane.

plural of sagittal crest

A dense, fibrous connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull.

plural of sagittal sinus

(anatomy) Either of two venous sinuses of the dura mater.