Parietal bone

PARIETAL

The parietal forms the ceiling of the skull.

Bone pair, flat and features:

  • 2 Faces
  • 4 Borders
  • 4 Angles
  

 

Faces

 External Face is convex, smooth and lateral

 Internal Face is concave and medial with anterior ridges that correspond to the branches of the middle meningeal artery.

Borders

 Upper / Sagittal / Parietal Edge

 Anterior / Frontal / Coronal Edge

 Posterior Edge / Occipital / Lambdoidea

 Lower / Scaly / Temporal Edge

Angles

 Front Angle

 Sphenoid Angle

 Mastoid Angle

 Occipital Angle

PARIETAL & #8211; EXTERNAL VIEW
 Parietal Bone - External View
Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21st. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000.
PARIETAL & #8211; INTERNAL VIEW
 Parietal Bone - Internal View
Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21st. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000.

 

Neurocranium
Eight (08) bones
Frontal (01)
Occipital (01)
Sphenoid (01)
Ethmoid (01)
Thunderstorm (02)