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Definitions of parietal
  1. adjective
    of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
    "parietal lobe"
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  • parietal of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
  • pleurisy inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
  • sphenoidal fontanelle the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
  • violet family a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
  • postcentral gyrus the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus
  • fissure of rolando a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
  • sulcus centralis a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
  • sphenoid fontanel the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
  • parieto-occipital sulcus a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
  • order guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
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