parietal bone

English

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.

Translations

either of two bones at the sides and top of the skull

• Catalan: os parietal m, parietal m
• Czech: temenní kost f
• Estonian: kiiruluu
• Finnish: päälaenluu (fi)
• German: Scheitelbein n
• Hungarian: falcsont (hu)
• Portuguese: parietal (pt) m
• Romanian: os parietal (ro) n