Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Skull Landmarks

Anthropological landmarks on the skull

QuestionAnswer
Alare is the most lateral point on the margin of the nasal aperture
Bregma is the cranial point where the coronal and the sagittal sutures intersect
Coronion is the point at the tip of the coronoid proces of the mandible
Ectoconchion is the most lateral point on the orbital margin
Euryon is the cranial point where the cranial breadth is greatest
Glabella is the most anterior midline point on the frontal bone above the frontonasal suture
Gnathion is the most inferior midline point on the mandible
Gonion is the point at the centre of the mandibular angle
Incision is the point where the central incisors meet on the occlusal line
Lambda is the cranial midline point where the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures intersect
Metopion is the cranial midline point on the frontal bone where the elevation of the curve is greatest
Mentale is the most inferior point on the margin of the mental foramen
Nasion is the point in the midline where the nasal bones and the frontal bone intersect
Nasospinale is the midline point of a tangent between the most inferior points of the nasal aperture
Opisthocranion is the midline cranial point on the occipital bone that is most distant from the glabella
Orbitale is the most inferior point on the orbital margin
Pogonion is the most anterior midline point on the mandible
Porion is the uppermost point on the margin of the external auditory meatus
prosthion is the most anterior midline point on the alveolar process of the maxilla
Rhinion is the midline point at the inferior end of the internasal suture
Vertex is the highest midline point on the skull, in the Frankfurt Plane
Zygomaxillare is the most inferior point on the zygomaxillary suture
Zygion is the most lateral point on the lateral surface of the zygomatic arch
Created by: 100000273153466
Popular Anatomy sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards