| Bone: Parietal eminence | |
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| Left parietal bone. Outer surface. (Parietal eminence labeled at center.) | |
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| Side view of the skull. (Parietal eminence visible but not labeled.) | |
| Latin | tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis |
| Gray's | subject #32 133 |
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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