Parietal bone

Parietal bone

Anatomy

Paired bones forming the side-walls and roof of the cranium, meeting each other at the sagittal suture, also articulating with frontal bone, sphenoid anteroinferiorly (below and in front) each side, temporal bones laterally below and occipital below and behind.

Vignette

Pariet (Latin); wall.

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