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PARIETAL BONE - ANATOMICAL FEATURES

  • external surface
  • parietal eminence
  • superior temporal line
  • inferior temporal line
  • temporal fossa
  • ±parietal foramen
  • internal surface
  • depressions for cerebral convolutions
  • depressions for arachnoid granulations
  • grooves for anterior branches of middle meningeal artery
  • grooves for posterior branches of middle meningeal artery
  • groove of sagittal sulcus for superior sagittal sinus
  • ±parietal foramen
  • sagittal border
  • frontal border
  • squamous border
  • anterior part
  • middle part
  • posterior part
  • occipital border
  • frontal angle = position of anterior fontanelle
  • sphenoidal angle
  • groove or canal for anterior branch of middle meningeal artery
  • occipital angle  = position of posterior fontanelle
  • mastoid angle
  • groove for transverse sinus
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