Parietal (literally: "pertaining or relating to walls") is an adjective used predominantly for the

parietal lobe The parietal lobe is one of the four Lobes of the brain, major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The parietal lobe is positioned above the temporal lobe and behind the frontal lobe and central sulcus. The parietal lobe integra ...

and other relevant anatomy. Parietal may also refer to:

Human anatomy

Brain

*The

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 The inferior parietal lobule (subparietal district) lies below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus, and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus. Also known as Geschwind's territory after Norman Geschwind, an American neu ...

, below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus **

Parietal operculum 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 huma ...

, portion of the parietal lobe on the outside surface of the brain **

Posterior parietal cortex The posterior parietal cortex (the portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex) plays an important role in planned movements, spatial reasoning, and attention. Damage to the posterior parietal cortex can produce a ...

, portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex **

Superior parietal lobule The superior parietal lobule is bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus, but is usually connected with the postcentral gyrus above the end of the sulcus. The superior parietal lobule contains Brodmann's areas 5 and 7. Beh ...

, 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 The parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO) association area, also referred to as the temporo-parieto-occipital (TPO) junction, is an area within the cerebral cortex where the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes meet. High level of interpreting mea ...

(PTO), includes portions of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes *

Parietal bone The parietal bones ( ) are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium. In humans, each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four bord ...

, of the skull **

Parietal foramen (disambiguation) 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 A parietal foramen is an opening in the skull for the parietal emissary vein, which drain ...

Parietal eminence The parietal eminence (parietal boss, parietal tuber, parietal tuberosity) is a convex, smooth eminence on the external surface of the parietal bone of the skull. It is the site where intramembranous ossification of the parietal bone begins during ...

, external surface of the parietal bone

Other

Parietal cell Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic cells) are epithelial cells in the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor. These cells are located in the gastric glands found in the lining of the fundus and body regions o ...

, in the stomach *

Parietal placentation Placentation is the formation, type and structure, or modes of arrangement of the placenta. The function of placentation is to transfer nutrients, respiratory gases, and water from maternal tissue to a growing embryo, and in some instances to remo ...

, refers to the formation, type and structure, or arrangement of placentas *

Parietal pleura The pleurae (: pleura) are the two flattened closed sacs filled with pleural fluid, each ensheathing each lung and lining their surrounding tissues, locally appearing as two opposing layers of serous membrane separating the lungs from the medi ...

, attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity *

Parietal pericardium The pericardium (: pericardia), also called pericardial sac, is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels. It has two layers, an outer layer made of strong inelastic connective tissue (fibrous pericardium), a ...

, double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessel

Non-human anatomy

Parietal callus 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 on the parietal wall of the aperture of the adult shell. The parietal wall is the margin of ...

, feature of the shell anatomy of some groups of snails *

Parietal eye A parietal eye (third eye, pineal eye) is a part of the epithalamus in some vertebrates. The eye is at the top of the head; is photoreceptive; and is associated with the pineal gland, which regulates circadian rhythmicity and hormone production ...

, "third eye" of some animal species *

Parietal scales 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 are analogous to and take their name from the parietal bone, which forms the roof and sides of ...

, the scales on the head of the snake *

Parietal wall In the shell of gastropod mollusks (a snail shell), the lip is the free margin of the peristome (synonym: peritreme) or aperture (the opening) of the gastropod shell. In dextral (right-handed) shells (most snail shells are right-handed), the righ ...

, part of the margin of the aperture of a snail shell *The

neck frill A neck frill is the relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles with either a bony support such as those present on the skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia or a cartilaginous one as in the frill-nec ...

on the skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia

Other

Parietal art In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type al ...

, art on natural cave surfaces {{disambiguation