The parietal bones are found bilaterally in the skull, forming the roof of the cranium.
Description
The parietal bone is a paired, curved, quadrilateral-shaped bone found centrally between the frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and occipital bones.
If we compare the neighboring bones (frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and occipital) to the "walls" of the neurocranium, then the parietal bones form its "roof".
The temporal bone has 2 surfaces (outer, and inner), 4 angles (two