Interparietal bone
Os interparietale
Definition
The interparietal bone is an odd, median bone located between the parietal and occipital bones. It completes the occipital bone scale and is considered the interparietal process of this same bone in certain species.
This set of bones fuses in adults, with the exception of felines, in which the sutures remain visible in adult animals.
References
Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature, 3rd Edition, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.
Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.
König HE, Lieibich HG. Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic mammals, 6th edition, Schattauer, Stuttgart, 2014.
