| parietal margin | Edge of a bone which articulates with the parietal bone. See: parietal border of frontal bone, parietal border of sphenoid bone, parietal border of temporal bone. Synonym: margo parietalis, parietal margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| parietal nodes | The lymph nodes draining the walls of the abdomen or of the pelvis. Synonym: nodi lymphatici parietales, parietal nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal notch | The angle posteriorly between the squamous and petrous parts of the temporal bone. Synonym: incisura parietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal plate | The outer of the two layers of the lateral plate mesoderm, which becomes associated with the ectoderm; the ectoderm and parietal plate mesoderm together constitute the somatopleure, the lamina of the ethmoid bone that forms the nasal septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal pleura | That which lines the different parts of the wall of the pleural cavity; called costal, diaphragmatic, and mediastinal, according to the parts invested. Synonym: pleura parietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal region | The surface region of the head corresponding to the outlines of the underlying parietal bone. Synonym: regio parietalis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal thrombus | An arterial thrombus adhering to one side of the wall of the vessel. See: mural thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal tuber | A prominent portion of the parietal bone, a little above the centre of its external surface, usually corresponding to the point of maximum width of the head. Synonym: tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis, parietal tuber. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal veins | The superficial veins draining the parietal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: venae parietales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal wall | The body wall or the somatopleure from which it is formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid angle of parietal bone | The posteroinferior point of the parietal bone. Synonym: angulus mastoideus ossis parietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the pelvis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pelvic abscess | An abscess in the pelvic peritoneal cavity, developing as a complication of diffuse peritonitis or of localised peritonitis associated with abdominal or pelvic inflammatory disease, such as salpingitis; the pus frequently collects in the rectovesical or rectouterine pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic axis | A hypothetical curved line joining the centre point of each of the four planes of the pelvis, marking the centre of the pelvic cavity at every level. Synonym: axis pelvis, plane of pelvic canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic brim | The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet, pelvic plane of inlet, plane of inlet. (05 Mar 2000) |