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parietal

/puh-rahy-i-tl/US // pəˈraɪ ɪ tl //UK // (pəˈraɪɪtəl) //

顶叶,顶叶的,顶板,顶层

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.
    • : Biology. of or relating to parietes or structural walls.
    • : Botany. pertaining to or arising from a wall: usually applied to ovules when they proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.
    • : pertaining to or having authority over residence, and especially visitation regulations between the sexes, within the walls or buildings of a college or university: a listing of the parietal regulations for the law students' dormitory.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
    • : parietals. Also called parietal rules . campus regulations governing visits between members of opposite sexes to each other's dormitories or rooms.

Examples

  • Similarly, when she was asked to imagine walking through the rooms of her home, regions of the brain involved in spatial navigation, such as the posterior parietal cortex, became active.

  • For this study, the team aimed the pulses at the posterior parietal cortex, a part of the “motor” aspect of the brain, which plans movement.

  • The cavity in the parietal part of the plates alone becomes the true body-cavity.

  • The vertebral portion of each plate with its contained cavity then becomes divided off from the parietal.

  • Hence the structure of the radius is essentially the same with that of the parietal portion of the compartment.

  • The ends of these threads of corium generally deposit transverse calcareous septa, exactly as within the parietal tubes.

  • The basal radiating pores, like the parietal pores, are closed at intervals by calcareous transverse septa.