Parietal eminence
The external surface of the parietal bone is convex, smooth, and marked near the center by an eminence, the parietal eminence (parietal tuber), which indicates the point where ossification commenced.
| Parietal eminence | |
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 Skull of a new-born child from the side. (Parietal eminence shown in red.) | |
 Front view of the skull. (Parietal eminence pointed by arrows.) | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis |
| TA | A02.1.02.010 |
| FMA | 57080 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
Additional images
Parietal eminence shown in red
Skull showing parietal eminence as Tuber parietale
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 133 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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