Parietal
# Parietal

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, curves upward and backward on the side of the head
* Parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO), includes portions of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
* Parietal bone, 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
