Editing Parietal bone (section)

{{short description|Bone in the human skull which, when joined together, forms the sides and roof of the cranium}}
{{Infobox bone
| Name          = Parietal bone
| Latin         = os parietale
| Image         = Parietal bone posterior2.png
| Caption       = Position of the parietal bones
| Articulations =Five bones: the opposite parietal, the [[occipital bone|occipital]], the [[frontal bone|frontal]], the [[temporal bone|temporal]], and the [[sphenoid bone|sphenoid]]}}

The '''parietal bones''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|r|aɪ|.|ə|t|əl}} {{respell|pə|RY|ə|təl}}) are two bones in the [[skull]] which, when joined at a [[fibrous joint]] known as a [[cranial suture]], form the sides and roof of the [[neurocranium]]. In [[human]]s, each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, and four angles. It is named from the Latin ''paries'' (''-ietis''), wall.