Parietal

Parietal (literally: "pertaining or relating to walls") is an adjective used predominantly for the parietal lobe and other relevant anatomy

Parietal may also refer to:

Brain

 * The parietal lobe is found in all mammals. The human brain has a number of connected, related, and proximal suborgans and bones which contain the "parietal" in their names.
 * Inferior parietal lobule, below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus
 * Parietal operculum, portion of the parietal lobe on the outside surface of the brain
 * Parietal pericardium, double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessel
 * Posterior parietal cortex, portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex
 * Superior parietal lobule, bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus
 * Parietal branch of superficial temporal artery, curves upward and backward on the side of the head
 * Parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO), includes portions of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
 * Parietal bone, of the skull
 * Parietal foramen (disambiguation)
 * Parietal eminence, external surface of the parietal bone

Other

 * Parietal cell, in the stomach
 * Parietal placentation, refers to the formation, type and structure, or arrangement of placentas
 * Parietal pleura, attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity

Non-human anatomy

 * Parietal callus, feature of the shell anatomy of some groups of snails
 * Parietal eye, "third eye" of some animal species
 * Parietal scales, the scales on the head of the snake
 * Parietal wall, part of the margin of the aperture of a snail shell
 * The neck frill on the skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia

Other

 * Parietal art, art on natural cave surfaces