Associations to the word «Parietal»

PARIETAL, adjective. Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

PARIETAL, adjective. Of or relating to the parietal bones

PARIETAL, adjective. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.

PARIETAL, adjective. Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

PARIETAL, noun. (skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.

PARIETAL, noun. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.

PARIETAL BONE, noun. Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.

PARIETAL BONES, noun. Plural of parietal bone

PARIETAL CELL, noun. (physiology) Any of the cells in the lining of the stomach that produce hydrochloric acid

PARIETAL CELLS, noun. Plural of parietal cell

PARIETAL LOBE, noun. (anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain.

PARIETAL LOBES, noun. Plural of parietal lobe

PARIETAL PLEURA, noun. (anatomy) The portion of the pleura that lines the inner surface of the chest wall and covers the diaphragm.

PARIETAL, adjective. Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium; "parietal lobe".