ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF THE PARIETAL FORAMEN AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE CALVARIAL LANDMARKS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL CADAVERIC STUDY.

Objective: The aim: Estimate the prevalence of the parietal foramen in the adult human skulls of Ukrainian origin, and study its morphology and relationships to main anatomical landmarks of the skull.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A cross-sectional observational study of PF was conducted with 42 random cadaveric adult human skull roofs (calvaria) collected from the laboratory and museum of Human Anatomy Department, Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine. The patency and the length of the PF canal were determined, and PF external/internal diameters and the distance to the calvarial landmarks from PF were measured using the caliper.