{"id":6234,"date":"2021-08-24T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/head-and-neck\/head\/skull\/neurocranium\/parietal-bone\/"},"modified":"2021-10-24T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T12:32:06","slug":"parietal-bone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/skull\/neurocranium\/parietal-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Parietal bone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The parietal bones are found bilaterally in the skull, forming the roof of the cranium.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 1. <\/strong>Parietal bone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/h4>\n<\/span>\n\n\n

The parietal bone is a paired, curved, quadrilateral-shaped bone found centrally between the frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and occipital bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we compare the neighboring bones (frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and occipital) to the “walls” of the neurocranium, then the parietal bones form its “roof”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temporal bone has 2 surfaces<\/strong> (outer, and inner), 4 angles<\/strong> (two lateral, superior, and inferior), and 4 borders<\/strong> (superior, inferior, medial, and lateral).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span>\n

Articulations<\/h4>\n<\/span>\n\n\n
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The union between the two parietal bones formes the sagittal suture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parietal bones articulate with the frontal, occipital, temporal, and sphenoid bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n