Word parts
pariet/o wall-al relating to
What it means
From the Latin for wall. The parietal layer of a membrane lines the wall of a cavity (the parietal pleura lines the chest wall, the parietal peritoneum the belly wall), while the visceral layer covers the organs. The parietal bones form the top and sides of the skull, and the parietal lobe of the brain, under them, handles touch, pain, temperature and the sense of body position.
At a glance
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