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What does sagittal mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) In the direction from dorsal to ventral.
  2. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage.
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There was an organized thrombus in multiple sections of the superior sagittal sinus, with the thrombus showing an ingrowth of fibroblasts.
The head is at or on the perineum, and the sagittal suture is in the AP plane or rotated up to 45 degrees.
Teach the client to reach away from the body in the sagittal plane and lengthen the spine.
Most of the LHM in salamanders is located ventral to the vertebral centra, and therefore will tend to bend the body in the sagittal plane.
In single gene dolichocephaly only the posterior end of the sagittal suture line is prematurely narrowed.
In addition, the inclination of fibers relative to the sagittal and transverse planes was lower than in wild type fish.

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