parietal bone
The parietal forms the roof of the skull.
Bone even, boring and features:
- 2 faces
- 4 Edges
- 4 angles
faces
- Outer face is convex, smooth and lateral
- Internal surface is concave and medial with anterior grooves that correspond to branches of the middle meningeal artery.
edges
- Superior Edge/Sagittal/Parietal
- Anterior/Front/Coronal Edge
- Posterior Edge/Occipital/Lambdoidea
- Lower Edge/Scaly/Temporal
angles
- Front Angle
- Sphenoidal Angle
- mastoid angle
- Occipital Angle
| PARIETAL - EXTERNAL VIEW |
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| Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21 ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000. |
PARIETAL - INTERNAL VIEW |
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| Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21 ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000. |
