Parietal

(par-i’-et-al) [paries, wall]. I. Forming or situated on a wall, as the P. layer of the peritoneum. 2. Pertaining to, or in relation with the parietal bone of the skull, as the P. foramen, P. lobe of the brain. P. Cells, cells found in the periphery of the peptic glands of the stomach, immediately beneath the basement-membrane. Their function is supposed to be the secretion of hydrochloric acid. 480