Parietal

Look up parietal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Parietal (literally: "pertaining or relating to walls") is an adjective used predominantly for the parietal lobe and other relevant anatomy

Parietal may also refer to:

• The parietal lobe is found in all mammals. The human brain has a number of connected, related, and proximal suborgans and bones which contain the "parietal" in their names.
  • Inferior parietal lobule, below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus
  • Parietal operculum, portion of the parietal lobe on the outside surface of the brain
  • Parietal pericardium, double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessel
  • Posterior parietal cortex, portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex
  • Superior parietal lobule, bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus
  • Parietal branch of superficial temporal artery, curves upward and backward on the side of the head
• Parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO), includes portions of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
• Parietal bone, of the skull
  • Parietal foramen (disambiguation)
  • Parietal eminence, external surface of the parietal bone

• Parietal cell, in the stomach
• Parietal placentation, refers to the formation, type and structure, or arrangement of placentas
• Parietal pleura, attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity

• Parietal callus, feature of the shell anatomy of some groups of snails
• Parietal eye, "third eye" of some animal species
• Parietal scales, the scales on the head of the snake
• Parietal wall, part of the margin of the aperture of a snail shell
• The neck frill on the skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia

• Parietal art, art on natural cave surfaces

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Parietal.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.