Interparietal bone

Interparietal bone
Multiple interparietal bones or Inca bones shown in a 20th-century anatomical illustration (with labels in German).
Radiograph of the skull showing an interparietal bone between the occiput and parietal bones
Details
Identifiers
Latinos interparietale
os inca
TA98A02.1.04.013
TA2832
FMA75748
Anatomical terminology

An interparietal bone (os interparietale or Inca bone or os inca var.) is a dermal bone situated between the parietal and supraoccipital. It is homologous to the postparietal bones of other animals.

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