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LABOEATORY MANUAL OF ANTHROPOMETRY 



metopion (m) 



nasion (n) 

 ophryon (on) 



opisthocranion (op) 

 orbitale (or) 

 otobasion inferius (obi) 



otobasion supcrius (obs) 



postaurale (pa) 

 preaurale (pra) 



pronasale (prn) 

 prosthion (pr) 



stomion (sto) 



subaurale (sba) 



subnasale (sn) 



superaurale (sa) 

 tragion (t) 

 trichion (tr) 



tubecculare (tu) 

 vertex (v) 



The median point of the line connecting the two frontal 



eminences. 



* 



Median point of the line drawn tangent to the upper 

 border of the eyebrows. 



Point where the ear attaches to the side of the head, 

 above. 



Point where the ear attaches to the side of the head, 

 below. 



The most posterior point in the free margin of the ear. 

 The point in the line connecting the two otobasia, and 

 crossing the isthmus of attachment of the ear to the 

 head, which is directly opposite the postaurale. This 

 line is at right angles to the ear length line. 

 The point of the nose. 



*Owing to the gum this point lies about 1 mm. lower 

 than on the bare skull. 



Median point of the oral slit, when mouth is closed 

 naturally. 



The lowest point in the free margin of the ear. This is 

 also the lowest point of the lobe. 



Point of the angle between the septum and the surface of 

 the upper lip. 



The highest point in the free margin of the ear. 

 The notch just above the tragus of the ear. 

 The median point in the line of the hair. To be used 

 only when the area covered by the hair is normal; not 

 to be used when the hair has begun to retreat in incipient 

 baldness. 



Darwin's point on the ear. 



Highest point of the head, when standing erect, or sit- 

 ting as straight as possible. 



zygion (zy) 



(b) Landmarks upon the trunk and limbs 



acromion (a) The most lateral point of the acromion process, felt 



through the skin; found by tracing along the spine of the 

 scapula, with index and middle fingers, or by following 

 the shaft of the clavicle, or by laying the middle finger 

 across the shoulder at the top, and gradually down over 

 the side until it drops over the edge of the bone. This 

 is a difficult point to learn to find, and should be practiced 

 in connection with an articulated skeleton. One should 

 first become familiar with all the superficial parts of 

 scapula, clavicle and proximal end of humerus, and 

 learn to locate and recognize them in the living by pal- 

 pation, in the various positions assumed. 



acropodion (ap) The most forward projecting point of the foot whether, 



upon the first or second toe. 



cervicale (c) Free end of the spine of the seventh cervical vertebra; 



the vertebra prominens. 



