parietal operculum in dogs

The parietal operculum, forming the superior bank of the sylvian fissure, as studied in the cat, contains the secondary somatosensory representation, 'S-II', and a second somatotopic representation (parietal ventral, or PV). Anatomically, primate S-II receives inputs from area 3 and area 1, and projects to PV and area 7. PV has projections to area 5 and premotor areas. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the parietal operculum is

The parietal operculum, forming the superior bank of the sylvian fissure, as studied in the cat, contains the secondary somatosensory representation, 'S-II', and a second somatotopic representation (parietal ventral, or PV). Anatomically, primate S-II receives inputs from area 3 and area 1, and projects to PV and area 7. PV has projections to area 5 and premotor areas. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the parietal operculum is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the parietal operculum connects to

The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, brain and nervous system, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the parietal operculum. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as PAO and operculum parietale. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002911, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, brain, nervous system and operculum of brain.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.

Questions

Where is the parietal operculum?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the parietal operculum connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, brain, nervous system and operculum of brain.

Is the parietal operculum the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.