parietal bone

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Skull, including parietal bone
Skull, including parietal bone; front view

Etymology

From Latin parietalis (pertaining to walls), from paries (wall) + bone.

Noun

parietal bone (plural parietal bones)

  1. (anatomy) Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.

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