Look up parietal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Parietal (literally: "pertaining or relating to walls") is an adjective used predominantly for the...
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...
The parietal bones (/pəˈraɪ.ɪtəl/ pə-RY-it-əl) are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium...
The parietal eminence (parietal tuber, parietal tuberosity) is a convex, smooth eminence on the external surface of the parietal bone of the skull. It...
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...
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...
Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic cells) are epithelial cells in the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor. These cells...
Parietals may refer to: A reptilian diagnostic term, see parietal scales. Parietal cells, stomach epithelium cells that secrete gastric acid and intrinsic...
temporoparietal junction (TPJ) is an area of the brain where the temporal and parietal lobes meet, at the posterior end of the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure)...
potential space between them: the peritoneal cavity. The outer layer, the parietal peritoneum, is attached to the abdominal wall and the pelvic walls. The...
visceral, while the one that covers the cavity wall is called parietal. For instance the parietal peritoneum is attached to the abdominal wall and the pelvic...
A parietal callus is a feature of the shell anatomy of some groups of snails, i.e. gastropods. It is a thickened calcareous deposit which may be present...
Parietal branch (a branch near the parietal bone) may refer to: parietal branch of superficial temporal artery parietal branch of the middle meningeal...
the acidic component – hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, produced by parietal cells in the gastric glands of the stomach lining. With a pH of between...
seen as the outer layer covers the chest wall and is often called the parietal pleura. It lines the inner surfaces of the thoracic cavity on each side...
above this process it divides into two branches: a. frontal, and a. parietal. The parietal branch of the superficial temporal artery (posterior temporal) is...
The posterior parietal cortex (the portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex) plays an important role in planned movements...
Parietal scales are the scales of a snake located on the snake's head and are connected to the frontals towards the posterior. These plate-like scales...
to protect the stomach epithelial lining from gastric acid secreted by parietal cells in the glands, and from pepsin a secreted digestive enzyme. Surface...
(visceral layer of tunica vaginalis), and the inner surface of the scrotum (parietal layer of tunica vaginalis). It is the outermost of the three layers that...
thin serous membrane. The outermost wall of the organ is known as the parietal layer The skin of the organ is known as the visceral layer. The organs...
openings, the parietal fenestrae, with a midline parietal bar between them. A linear row of rounded swellings ran along the top of the parietal bar, which...
reptiles, the gland is linked to a light-sensing organ, variously called the parietal eye, the pineal eye or the third eye. Reconstruction of the biological...
urinary system and the gonads. The lateral plate mesoderm splits into the parietal (somatic) and visceral (splanchnic) layers. The formation of these layers...
primarily composed of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex, around the intraparietal sulcus. It is involved in sustained attention...
The postcentral sulcus of the parietal lobe lies parallel to, and behind, the central sulcus in the human brain. (A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves...
and positioned in front of the parietal lobe and above and in front of the temporal lobe. It is separated from the parietal lobe by a space between tissues...
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