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1
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Junction of greater wing of sphenoid, squamous temporal, frontal, and parietal bones; overlies course of anterior division of middle artery

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Pterion

2
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Point of calvaria at junction of lambdoid and sagittal sutures

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Lambda

3
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Point on calvaria at junction of coronal and sagittal sutures

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Bregma

4
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superior point of neurocranium, in middle with cranium oriented in anatomical (orbitomeatal or frankfort) plane

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Vertex

5
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Star shaped, located at junction of three sutures, parietomastoid, occipitomastoid and lambdoid

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Asterion

6
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Smooth prominence, most marked in males, frontal bones superior to root of nose, most anterior projecting part forehead

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Glabella

7
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most prominent point of external occipital protuberance

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Inion

8
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Point on cranium where frontonasal and internasal sutures meet

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Nasion