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 In human anatomy, the superficial temporal artery is a major artery of the head. It arises from the external carotid artery when it splits into the superficial temporal artery and maxillary artery. Its pulse can be felt above the zygomatic a ...

, curves upward and backward on the side of the head *

Parietal-temporal-occipital The parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO) association area is located in the cerebral cortex which is bounded by the anterior somatic association area and posterior visual cortex of the human brain. As its name implies, the PTO includes portions of t ...

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

Parietal bone The parietal bones () are two bones in the Human skull, skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint, form the sides and roof of the Human skull, cranium. In humans, each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, an ...

, of the skull ** Parietal foramen (disambiguation) ** 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 {{disambiguation