# What are the parietal bones?

The parietal bones is called the parietal bones. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as a pair of roughly rectangular, curved bones.

## What it means

- A pair of roughly rectangular, curved bones.
- Together they form most of the roof and upper sides of the skull.
- Joined to each other by the sagittal suture.

## Action steps

1. At the top and sides of the skull, behind the frontal bone.
2. Join the frontal bone in front, the occipital bone behind, and the temporal bones below.
3. Their inner surface is grooved by branches of the middle meningeal artery.

## Sources

- [Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)](https://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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