Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Craniometric points
landmark/shape and location
8
Anatomy
Graduate
01/21/2012

Additional Anatomy Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
pterion
Definition
junction of greater wing of sphenoid, temporal squama, frontal and parietal bone
Term
lambda
Definition
junction of lambdoid and saggital suttures
Term
bregma
Definition
junction of coronal and sagittal sutures
Term
vertex
Definition
superior point of neurocranium
Term
asterion
Definition
junction of parietomastoid, occipitomastoid, and lambdoid sutures
Term
glabella
Definition
on frontal bone, superior to nasal bones
Term
inion
Definition
most prominent portion of the ext occipital protuberance
Term
nasion
Definition
junction of frontonasal and internasal sutures
Supporting users have an ad free experience!