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