Parietal bone

Parietal bone
Position of the parietal bones
Details
Articulations	Five bones: the opposite parietal, the occipital, the frontal, the temporal, and the sphenoid
Identifiers
Latin	os parietale
MeSH	D010294
TA98	A02.1.02.001
TA2	504
FMA	9613
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The parietal bones (/pəˈraɪ.ətəl/ pə-RY-ə-təl) are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium. In humans, each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, and four angles. It is named from the Latin paries (-ietis), wall.