"Sagittal" is an adjective that describes something that is positioned from front to back, dividing the body into left and right halves. Full definition
Video: Maintaining Stability While Regaining Mobility - Restoring pelvic stability often involves limiting practice to linear, sagittal planes of movement and, for a period of time, avoiding movements that challenge SIJ stability. (yogauonline.com)
Overall, it warns us, paleontologists, about the use of sagittal crests to characterize and classify species and look at it as a more plastic feature that may reflect some social pressure and need of competition for a successful mating.» (newsweek.com)
Commenting on the study, James Cole, senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of Brighton, said the findings are «extremely useful in highlighting the possibility that the formation of sagittal crests may go beyond a function of diet.» (newsweek.com)