parietal
pronunciation
How to pronounce parietal in British English:
UK [pə'raɪɪtl]
How to pronounce parietal in American English:
US [pə'raɪətəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
Word Origin
- parietal (adj.)
- early 15c., "pertaining to the walls of a cavity in the body," from Late Latin parietalis "of walls," from Latin paries (genitive parietis) "wall" (of a building), of unknown origin. In U.S. also "pertaining to the residents and rules of a college or university" (1837).
Example
- 1. However , choosing a delayed rewardrequired greater activities in the lateral prefrontal cortex andposterior parietal cortex , mcclure found .
- 2. Other useful signals came from the inferior parietal lobule , an area of the brain known to help guide the movement of limbs .
- 3. Working from harvey 's photographs , which were all that remained of the whole brain , witelson 's team found that einstein 's parietal lobes -- which are implicated in mathematical , visual , and spatial cognition -- were 15 % wider than normal parietal lobes .
- 4. The team also found other unusual features in the parietal region , although some of these were questioned by other researchers at the time .
- 5. And a third variant , focused in the parietal lobe of the brain , is marked by visual-spatial problems such as misjudging distances and motion .