Anatomy
parietal bone
pa·ri·e·tal bone
Subclass of:
Bone structure of cranium
Definitions related to parietal bone:
  • One of a pair of irregularly shaped quadrilateral bones situated between the FRONTAL BONE and occipital bone, which together form the sides of the CRANIUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • One of two cranial bones that by their union form the sides and roof of the skull.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Parietal bone, cranial bone forming part of the side and top of the head. In front each parietal bone adjoins the frontal bone; in back, the occipital bone; and below, the temporal and sphenoid bones. The parietal bones are marked internally by meningeal blood vessels and externally by the...
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    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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