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LABORATORY MANUAL OF ANTHROPOMETRY 



acanthion (acan) 



alveolon (alv) 



The Rpint 

 of tin- 

 much 



wntere a line drawn 

 "the alveolar ridges crosses 

 r line. In practice this point is readily^ 

 id by placing a fine knitting needle across,',-;'- 

 late, just back of the posterior ends of the W 

 blar ridge, and marking the point where this ? 

 rosses the median suture of the palate bones. 



FIG. 23. Anatomical landmarks on the skull; norma lateralis. 



abbreviations, see pp. 4248. 



For the meaning of the 



asterion (ast) f 



auricular e (au) f 



A point behind the base of the mastoid process, 

 where the lambdoidal, parieto-squamous, and oc- 

 cipito-squamous sutures come together, defining 

 the boundaries of parietal, occipital, and temporal 

 bones. 



A point vertically above the center of the auditory 

 meatus, and crossing the root or base of the zygoma. 

 This point is but a few millimeters above the porion. 



