Parietal eminence

Parietal eminence

Infobox Bone
Name = Parietal eminence
Latin = tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis
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Caption = Left parietal bone. Outer surface. (Parietal eminence labeled at center.)


Caption2 = Side view of the skull. (Parietal eminence visible but not labeled.)
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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.

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