Meaning | Either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides / sides of the cranium. |
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Part of | cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
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Parts | entomion | The craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone |
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sphenion | The anterior tip of the parietal bone |
Broader | membrane bone | Any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation |
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Spanish | hueso parietal, parietal |
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Catalan | os parietal, parietal |
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Adjectives | parietal | of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium |
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