Parietal vs Proximal - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between parietal and proximal

is that parietal is parietal while proximal is (anatomy|geology) closer to the point of attachment or observation.

(en adjective)

Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.

Of or relating to the parietal bones

Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.

* 1856 , B. H. Hall

At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.

Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

* parietal bone * parietal lobe * parietal pleura

(en noun)

(skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.

Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.

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(en adjective)

(anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.

(linguistics) Closer to the speaker.

* (closer to the point of attachment) distal

* proximally

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