Relating to both the frontal bone of the forehead and the parietal bones on the sides and top of the skull.
Compound of fronto- (Latin frons, 'forehead') and parietal (from Latin parietalis, 'relating to walls'). Anatomists use this term to describe the sutures and structures where these major skull bones meet.
Your skull is like a puzzle made of different bones, and the frontoparietal suture is one of the major seams—knowing where this is matters for neurosurgery, anthropology, and studying how skulls grow!
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