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parietal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Parietal (literally: "pertaining or
relating to walls") is an
adjective used
predominantly for the...
- The
parietal bones (/pəˈraɪ.ɪtəl/) are two
bones in the
skull which, when
joined at a
fibrous joint, form the
sides and roof of the cranium. In humans...
- A
parietal eye, also
known as a
third eye or
pineal eye, is a part of the
epithalamus present in some vertebrates. The eye is
located at the top of the...
- The
parietal lobe is one of the four
major lobes of the
cerebral cortex in the
brain of mammals. The
parietal lobe is
positioned above the
temporal lobe...
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Parietal cells (also
known as
oxyntic cells) are
epithelial cells in the
stomach that
secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and
intrinsic factor.
These cells...
- The
parietal eminence (
parietal tuber,
parietal tuberosity) is a convex,
smooth eminence on the
external surface of the
parietal bone of the skull. It...
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Parietal foramen may
refer to:
Pineal foramen, a
midline hole in the
skull roof
which hosts the
parietal eye in many
vertebrate species Parietal foramina...
-
thoracic sac
during embryonic development. The
outer layer,
called the
parietal pleura,
lines the
inner surfaces of the
thoracic cavity on each side of...
- A
parietal foramen is an
opening in the
skull for the
parietal emissary vein,
which drains into the
superior sagittal sinus. Occasionally, a
small branch...
- "little lid") (pl.: opercula), may
refer to the frontal, temporal, or
parietal operculum,
which together cover the
insula as the
opercula of insula. It...
