| interparietal | <anatomy> Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. The interparietal bone or cartilage Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| interparietal bone | The upper part of the squama of the occipital bone, developed in membrane instead of in cartilage as is the rest of the occipital, and occasionally (especially in ancient Peruvian skulls) existing as a separate bone, separated from the remainder of the occipital by the sutura mendosa. Synonym: incarial bone, interparietal bone, os incae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interparietal sulcus | A horizontal sulcus extending back from the postcentral sulcus over some distance, then dividing perpendicularly into two branches so as to form, with the postcentral sulcus, a figure H. It divides the parietal lobe into superior and inferior parietal lobules. Synonym: sulcus intraparietalis, interparietal sulcus, intraparietal sulcus of Turner, Turner's sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interparietal suture | Line of union between the two parietal bones. Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |