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: craniometric_point
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craniometric point
:
NOUN
body
craniometric point
a
landmark
on the
skull
from which
craniometric
measurements
can be taken
English
>
craniometric point
: 1 sense
> noun 1, body
Meaning
A
landmark
on the
skull
from which
craniometric
measurements
can be taken.
Part of
skull
The
bony
skeleton
of the
head
of vertebrates
Narrower
acanthion
The
craniometric point
at the
anterior
extremity
of the
intermaxillary suture
asterion
The
craniometric point
at the
junction
of the
lamboid suture
and the
occipitomastoid suture
and the
parietomastoid suture
auriculare
,
auricular point
The
craniometric point
at the center of the
opening
of the
external
acoustic meatus
bregma
The
craniometric point
at the
junction
of the
sagittal
and
coronal sutures
at the top of the
cranium
condylion
The
craniometric point
at the tip of the
mandibular condyle
coronion
The
craniometric point
at the tip of the
coronoid process of the mandible
crotaphion
The tip of the greater wing of the
sphenoid bone
dacryon
The
craniometric point
at the
junction
of the
anterior
border of the
lacrimal bone
with the
frontal bone
entomion
The
craniometric point
at the tip of the angular part of the
parietal bone
that articulates with the
temporal bone
glabella
,
mesophyron
A smooth
prominence
of the
frontal bone
between and above the
eyebrows
gnathion
The most
inferior
point
of the
mandible
in the
midline
gonion
The
craniometric point
on either side at the
apex
of the
lower jaw
inion
The
craniometric point
that is the most
prominent
point
/
point
at the
back
of the
head
(at the
occipital protuberance
)
jugale
,
jugal point
The
craniometric point
at the union of the
frontal
/
frontal
and
temporal
processes of the
zygomatic bone
lambda
The
craniometric point
at the
junction
of the
sagittal
and
lamboid sutures
of the
skull
mastoidale
The
craniometric point
at the lowest
point
of the
mastoid process
metopion
The
craniometric point
midway
between the
frontal eminences
of the
skull
nasion
The
craniometric point
at the
bridge
of the
nose
where the
frontal
and
nasal bones
of the
skull
meet
/
meet
obelion
The
craniometric point
on the
sagittal suture
near
the
lamboid suture
ophryon
The
craniometric point
in the
midline
of the
forehead
immediately
above the
orbits
orbitale
,
orbital point
The
craniometric point
at the lowest
point
on the lower edge of the
orbit
pogonion
The
craniometric point
that is the most forward-
projecting
point
/
point
on the
anterior
surface
of the
chin
prosthion
,
prostheon
,
alveolar point
craniometric point
that is the most
anterior
point
in the
midline
on the
alveolar process
of the
maxilla
pterion
The
craniometric point
in the
region
of the
sphenoid fontanelle
rhinion
The
anterior
tip at the
end
of the
suture
of the
nasal bones
sphenion
The
anterior
tip of the
parietal bone
stephanion
The
craniometric point
on the
coronal suture
above the
acoustic meatus
symphysion
The most forward
point
of the
alveolar process
of the
mandible
Broader
landmark
An
anatomical structure
used as a
point
of
origin
in locating other
anatomical structures
(as in
surgery
) or as
point
from which
measurements
can be taken
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