| ID: | UBERON:0000209 |
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| Synonyms: | parietal bone post parietal teleost parietal bone frontal bone |
| Definitions: | In humans: A bone resembling a cockleshell in two portions the squama frontalis, corresponding with the region of the forehead, and an orbital or horizontal portion, the pars orbitalis, which enters into the formation of the roofs of the orbital and nasal cavities. In teleost fish, where it is called the parietal bone: Paired dermal bone that covers the hind part of the cranium, overlapping the dorsal edge of the sphenotic, pterotic, epiotic and the anterior edge of the supraoccipital. The parietal are overlapped anteriorly by the frontal. |
| Comment: |
The frontal bone in teleost fish is the homolog of the parietal bone in vertebrates |
| Narrow Synonym: | parietal bone frontal bone |
| Exact Synonym: | teleost parietal bone |
| Xref: | FMA:52734 GAID:226 MA:0001466 TAO:0000486 ZFA:0000486 |
| Part Of: | neurocranium |
| Related Synonym: | post parietal |
| Alt: | UBERON:FMA_9613-MA_0001469-ZFA_0000486 |
| Is A: | intramembranous bone |
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