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Basion:
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
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Bregma:
the intersection of the coronal and sagittal sutures in the midline.
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Gnathion:
the most anterior and lowest median point on the border of the mandible.
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Gonion:
the midpoint of the angel of the mandible between body and ramus.
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Lambda:
the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures in the midline.
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Mastoidale:
the lowest point of the mastoid process
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Menton:
the lowest median point of the chin.
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Nasion: the intersection of the nasofrontal suture
with the midsagittal plane. Nasion
is the
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uppermost
landmark for the measure of facial height.
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Orbitale: the lowest point in the margin of the orbit;
one of the points used in defining Frankfort
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Horizontal.
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Pogonion:
the most anterior point in the midline of the chin.
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Porion: the uppermost lateral point in the margin of
the external auditory meatus. The right and left
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porion
with the left orbitale define the Frankfort Horizontal
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Zygion:
the most lateral point of the zygomatic arch. It is determined
instrumentally.
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