Etymology
Origin of frontoparietal
Example Sentences
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This effect was especially strong in the frontoparietal network, which plays an important role in movement planning, attention, and coordination.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Eupsophus differs from Hylactophryne in possessing a frontoparietal fontanelle, in generally having a maxillary-quadratojugal gap, and in having a free swimming tadpole stage.
From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by Lynch, John D.
Diagnosis.—Size medium; skull longer than wide; frontoparietal fontanelle absent in adults; snout subovoid; choanae rounded; dorsal stripes present; black vermiculations on posterior surfaces of thighs.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
The frontoparietal is elongate, smooth, and bears a small supraorbital process on the anterior edge of the orbit.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
Dorsally, the sphenethmoid is wider than long, roughly pentagonal in shape; the frontoparietal is elongate, narrow, and smooth, with a small supraorbital process anteriorly.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
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