parietal eminence

{{Infobox bone

| Name = Parietal eminence

| Latin = tuber parietale, eminentia parietalis

| Image = File:Sobo 1909 104 - Parietal eminence.png

| Width = 180

| Caption = Skull of a new-born child from the side. (Parietal eminence shown in red.)

| Image2 = File:Parietal eminence - skull - anterior view01 with arrows.png

| Caption2 = Front view of the skull. (Parietal eminence pointed by arrows.)

|PartOf=Parietal bone|System=Skeletal|Precursor=Site of intramembranous ossification of the parietal bone}}

The parietal eminence (parietal boss, parietal tuber, parietal tuberosity) is a convex, smooth eminence on the external surface of the parietal bone of the skull. It is the site where intramembranous ossification of the parietal bone begins during embryological development. It tends to be slightly more prominent in men than in women, so may be used to help to identify the sex of a skull.{{Cite journal|last=Rogers|first=Tracy L.|date=May 2005|title=Determining the sex of human remains through cranial morphology|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15932077/|journal=Journal of Forensic Sciences|volume=50|issue=3|pages=493–500|doi=10.1520/JFS2003385 |issn=0022-1198|pmid=15932077|via=PubMed}}