Parietal

Parietal (literally: "pertaining or relating to walls") is an adjective used predominantly for the parietal lobe and other relevant anatomy

Parietal may also refer to:

Human anatomy

Brain

• The parietal lobe is found in all mammals. The human brain has a number of connected, related, and proximal suborgans and bones which contain the "parietal" in their names.
  • Inferior parietal lobule, below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus
  • Parietal operculum, portion of the parietal lobe on the outside surface of the brain
  • Parietal pericardium, double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessel
  • Posterior parietal cortex, portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex
  • Superior parietal lobule, bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus
  • Parietal branch of superficial temporal artery, curves upward and backward on the side of the head
• Parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO), includes portions of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
• Parietal bone, of the skull
  • Parietal foramen, back part of the parietal bone and close to the upper or sagittal border
  • Parietal eminence, external surface of the parietal bone

Other

• Parietal cell, in the stomach
• Parietal placentation, refers to the formation, type and structure, or arrangement of placentas
• Parietal pleura, attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity

Non-human anatomy

• Parietal callus, feature of the shell anatomy of some groups of snails
• Parietal eye, "third eye" of some animal species
• Parietal scales, the scales on the head of the snake
• Parietal wall, part of the margin of the aperture of a snail shell
• The neck frill on the skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia

Other

• Parietal art, art on natural cave surfaces