Sulcus vs Suture - What's the difference?
sulcus | suture |
(anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
(anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
(planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
A seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.
(geology) An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault.
(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
(anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
to sew up or join by means of a suture