parietal
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9.2
- adjective
- /pəˈraɪ.ɪ.təl/
- Specialized
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parietal
- The brain injury Jane suffered lit up her frontal and parietal cortex.
- parietal lobe
- parietal cortex
- parietal damage
And that brain area, it turns out, is a brain area called the inferior parietal lobule.
- And that brain area, it turns out, is a brain area called the inferior parietal lobule.
- They activate parietal lobe regions and how well they do at the math is correlated with how much parietal activation there is.
- So the region that we're particularly interested in, in John, is the region somewhere over here is the parietal lobe.
Examples
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Severe damage to the parietal lobe, complete destruction of the perceptive fibers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Kingsley has compound frontal and parietal fracture and severe concussion of the cerebrum.
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"The first is almost on the crown of the head, "reaching over to the left parietal bone.
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So the region that we're particularly interested in, in John, is the region somewhere over here is the parietal lobe.
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We might get touch sensation coming into our parietal cortex.
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He also has some burns on the right side of his parietal region.
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Patients with parietal lobe damage do not, however, have difficulty identifying objects.
Academic text (1997) -
The frontal and parietal lobes, important in spatial processing, are located, respectively, behind the forehead and toward the top of the skull.
Academic text (2011) -
Blow came from an object roughly rectangular in shape, resulting in a depressed fracture of the parietal bone, with radiating linear fractures extending outward from the point of impact.
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The doctor explained that the injury was on the right parietal region of the skull.
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A part of the brain that helps you feel touch and temperature and know where your body is
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7.4
One of two bones on the top and side of the skull between the front and back bones
- Specialized
A part of the brain near the top that processes touch and tells you where things are
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A raised fold on the parietal lobe of the brain that helps sense touch and space
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A tough outer layer around the heart attached to the diaphragm and breastbone
- Specialized
Seeds grow on the inner wall of a flower's ovary, not on the central axis
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A thin layer of tissue that lines the inside of the chest and covers the muscle under the lungs
Surface Forms
Morphology
parietal = pariet + al
Although the word contains the adjectival suffix '-al', the bound root 'pariet-' is not recognizable to most learners and the skull-bone meaning is specialized and not inferable from standard English morphology.
Etymology
Parietal comes from the Latin root paries meaning 'wall', so the parietal parts of the head are like the 'walls' of the skull that help protect and shape the brain.