interparietal

[in″ter-pah-ri´ĕ-tal]

1. intermural.

2. between the parietal bones.

in·ter·pa·ri·e·tal

(in'tĕr-pă-rī'ĕ-tăl),

Between the walls of a part, or between the parietal bones.

[inter- + L. paries, wall]

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These skulls were examined for the presence of the interparietal bone and the incidence of the same was recorded.

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Los individuos del norte chileno tienen craneos menos voluminosos y mas chicos, ademas presentan la sutura maxilo-palatina mas triangular y un casi nulo desarrollo de la cresta interparietal y que en la region posterior describe una angosta y tenue area sagital "liriforme".

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Lateral view (Figure 2a): (1) supra occipital basis; (2) skull anterior extremity, leveled to the first incisor alveolus; (3) post extremity of the occipital condyle; (4) dorsal external auditory meatus; (5) third molar post extremity; (6) alveolar limit between first and second molar; (7) alveolar limit between third pre-molar and first molar; (8) alveolar limit between first and second pre-molar; (9) canine alveolus anterior extremity; (10) ocular orbit; (11) nasal fossa dorsal extremity; (12) rostrum/skull congruent point; (13) skull anterior lateral extremity; (14) intersection between interparietal and supraoccipital bone.

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The interparietal is much larger than either the frontal or interoccipital, and is about the size of the fifth mid-dorsal scale.

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