What's the difference between obelion and parietal?

Obelion


Definition:

  • (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A number of anatomic bony variants and several congenital anomalies are known to occur at the level of the obelion, that is, in the posterior interparietal region of the head, a short distance in front of the lambda.

Parietal


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
  • (a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
  • (a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
  • (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
  • (n.) One of the parietal bones.
  • (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We report on a patient, with a CT-verified low density lesion in the right parietal area, who exhibited not only deficits in left conceptual space, but also in reading, writing, and the production of speech.
  • (2) Our findings indicate that Turner girls have a functional brain disorder more often than the controls, particularly at the occipital and parietal areas and in those with hemispheric differences most often in the right hemisphere.
  • (3) Beta 1 activity increased during the first 10 min of KB in occipital and to a lesser degree in parietal regions.
  • (4) The present study was planned in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the PTFE surgical membrane as a parietal peritoneal substitute.
  • (5) Three animals received unilateral lesions which included both the inferior parietal lobule and a portion of adjacent dorsal prestriate cortex (IPL-PS).
  • (6) This dye is concentrated and secreted by the parietal cells.
  • (7) Five daily injections of TGF beta-1 or -2 were administered subcutaneously over the frontal and parietal bones of seven-week-old mice.
  • (8) The distribution of cells at the stage of DNA synthesis and mitosis in all the parietal peritoneum speaks of the absence of special proliferation zones.
  • (9) The pineal of certain lizards possesses a finger-like projection that extends toward the parietal eye.
  • (10) There were no differences in brain metabolic rates in lateral cortical areas (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes).
  • (11) 5-Bromo-indoxyl acetate esterase was likewise absent from the parietal vascular cells of the central artery.
  • (12) Duodenal ulcer patients also exhibit an increase in the number of parietal cells, which results in an increase in maximum acid output.
  • (13) Moderately higher GLUT3 mRNA levels were detected in the parietal lobe of the cerebrum, hippocampus, and cerebellum than the levels of GLUT1 transcripts.
  • (14) And the maxima of the alpha-power and of the alpha-peak-power are mostly located parietal instead of occipital.
  • (15) Anosognosia is a well-known manifestation of non-dominant parietal lobe lesions and typically lasts a few days.
  • (16) This exogenous protein tracer could be seen in apical vacuoles and phagosomes in the cuboidal parietal epithelium.
  • (17) Fewer labeled cells appeared after parietal, temporal or occipital cortex injections.
  • (18) In 18 of the 118 stomachs the focal concentration of the parietal cells near the duodenum was greater than the other part of the antrum, reaching more than 50% of the parietal cells of the average fundic gland.
  • (19) Histological verification revealed a group with consistent parietal damage but also a subgroup with relatively small lesions to dorsal or lateral hippocampus in addition to parietal damage (PC + HIP).
  • (20) Cellular mechanisms underlying the actions of antisecretory agents were studied with dispersed canine fundic cells; aminopyrine accumulation monitored parietal cell (PC) function.

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