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