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The body's stitching, whether holding a wound or a skull together.
means Sutures are surgical stitches that close wounds, or the immovable joints where skull bones knit tight.
from From Latin sutura, a seam, from suere, to sew — the same thread that gave us tailor terms.
Skull seamsBaby skull bones stay unfused for the squeeze of birth.
Dissolving kindSome sutures vanish as the body absorbs them.
Ancient craftEgyptians stitched wounds over five thousand years ago.