Parietal eminence

The parietal eminence (parietal boss, parietal tuber, parietal tuberosity) is a convex, smooth eminence on the external surface of the parietal bone of the skull. It is the site where intramembranous ossification of the parietal bone begins during embryological development. It tends to be slightly more prominent in men than in women, so may be used to help to identify the sex of a skull.^[1]

Parietal eminence
Skull of a new-born child from the side. (Parietal eminence shown in red.)
Front view of the skull. (Parietal eminence pointed by arrows.)
Details
Precursor	Site of intramembranous ossification of the parietal bone
Part of	Parietal bone
System	Skeletal
Identifiers
Latin	tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis
TA98	A02.1.02.010
TA2	510
FMA	57080
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

Additional images

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  Parietal eminence shown in red
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  Skull showing parietal eminence as Tuber parietale