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