interparietal bone

interparietal bone
interparietal bone n a median triangular bone lying at the junction of the parietal and occipital bones and rarely present in humans but conspicuous in various lower mammals called also interparietal see INCA BONE

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(inca bone, incarial bone)
the bone lying between the parietal bone, at the back of the skull.

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os interparietale.

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