parietal bone

English Thesaurus

1. either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium (noun.body)

hypernym	:	membrane bone,
definition	:	any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull (noun.body)

part holonym	:	entomion,
definition	:	the craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone (noun.body)

part holonym	:	sphenion,
definition	:	the anterior tip of the parietal bone (noun.body)

part meronym	:	braincase, brainpan, cranium,
definition	:	the part of the skull that encloses the brain (noun.body)