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🧠 Inside parietal area 🦴 A skull bone
intraparietal

intraparietal

1 9.9
Inside the parietal area of the brain
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈpɛrɪtəl/
  • Specialized
: intraparietal
  • When performing complex tasks, the intraparietal area becomes active to help integrate sensory information.
  • intraparietal sulcus

Examples

  • The intraparietal sulcus is a significant part of the brain that aids in spatial awareness and coordinating movements.

  • Researchers found that the intraparietal region plays an important role in processing mathematical calculations.

  • The top row shows that the inferior parietal node of the DMN differs in shape and extends into the intraparietal sulcus in subjects who score high on the positive-negative CCA mode (right), compared with subjects who score lower (left).

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

parietal
vsintraparietal
  • Specialized
15 9.2

Related to the bones on the top sides of the skull or nearby parts of the head

is inside that head region rather than simply describing those bones or nearby areas

Surface Forms

intraparietal positive

Morphology

intraparietal = parietal (transparent) = intra + parietal

Clearly formed from the prefix 'intra-' (within) and 'parietal' (relating to the parietal region), so meaning is directly 'within the parietal region'.

Etymology

Intraparietal starts with intra- meaning 'within' and has parietal from a word for 'wall' that we use for the side parts of the head. So intraparietal means 'inside the parietal area' of the brain, which is why we use it for brain regions like the intraparietal sulcus.