Anatom3DParietal bones
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Skeleton
Looks like
Two broad, gently domed plates forming the top and upper sides of the skull.
What it does
Make most of the roof of the braincase over the brain.
Keeping it well
A helmet is the only real protection; a skull fracture here can tear the artery beneath, so drowsiness hours after a head blow is an emergency.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Achondroplasia
- Acromegaly
- Brain abscess
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Traumatic brain injury (moderate to severe)
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency