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