ophryon

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Noun1.ophryon - the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
craniometric point - a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken
frontal bone, os frontale, forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
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Anteriorly and posteriorly to the ophryon (meeting point between the facial median line and a transverse line through the narrower portion of the forehead) the suture was rectilinear (Fig.
Metopism in adult skulls from Southern Brazil / Metopismo en craneos del sur de Brasil
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