| tension suture | <surgery> A heavy reinforcing suture placed deep within the muscles and fasciae of the abdominal wall to relieve tension on the primary suture line and thus obviate postoperative wound disruption. Synonym: tension suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| transfixion suture | A criss-cross stitch so placed as to control bleeding from a tissue surface or small vessel when tied; a suture used to fix the columella to the nasal septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-on mattress suture | A vertical mattress suture used for exact skin approximation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse palatine suture | Line of union of the palatine processes of the maxillae with the horizontal plates of the palatine bones. Synonym: sutura palatina transversa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethmoidolacrimal suture | The line of union of the orbital plate of the ethmoid and the posterior margin of the lacrimal bone. Synonym: sutura ethmoidolacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethmoidomaxillary suture | Line of apposition of the orbital surface of the body of the maxilla with the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone. Synonym: sutura ethmoidomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jobert de Lamballe's suture | An interrupted intestinal suture, used for invaginating the margins of the intestines in circular enterorrhaphy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoid suture | A fissure separating the tympanic portion from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; it transmits the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Synonym: fissura tympanomastoidea, auricular fissure, tympanomastoid suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Faden suture | A suture placed between an ocular rectus muscle and the posterior sclera to limit excessive action of the eyeball. Origin: Ger. Faden, thread, twine (05 Mar 2000) |
| false suture | <anatomy> One whose opposing margins are smooth or present only a few ill-defined projections. Synonym: sutura notha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| far-and-near suture | A suture utilizing alternate near and far stitches, used to approximate fascial edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uninterrupted suture | An uninterrupted series of stitches using one suture; the stitching is fastened at each end by a knot. Synonym: spiral suture, uninterrupted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticomaxillary suture | Articulation of the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the maxilla. Synonym: sutura zygomaticomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticotemporal suture | Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| figure-of-8 suture | A suture utilizing criss-cross stitches, used to approximate fascial edges or the musculofascial and outer layers of an abdominal wound. (05 Mar 2000) |