The four major sutures
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Squamous suture
on each side of the skull joins the temporal bone and the parietal bones of that side
Lambdoid suture
arches across the posterior surface of the skull connecting the occipital bone with the parietal bones
Coronal suture
attaches the frontal bone to the parietal bones
Sagittal suture
extends from the lambdoid suture to the coronal suture, between the parietal bones
the skullcap is made up of the
frontal, occipital and parietal bones
Wormian bones are
small, flat, irregular shaped bones between the flat bones of the skull. There are individual variations in the number, shape, and position of the sutural bones
