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| Landmark | Description |
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| Basicranium | |
| Basion | Midline point on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum |
| Condylar foramen | The posterior point on the margin of the condylar foramen |
| Condyle anterior | Most anterior points on the occipital condyles |
| Condyle posterior | Most posterior points on the occipital condyles |
| Inferior nuchal | Midline point on the inferior nuchal line |
| Inion | Most posterior point on the external occipital protuberance |
| Mastoidale | Most inferior point on the mastoid process |
| Opisthion | Midline point at the posterior margin of the foramen magnum |
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| Temporal Bone | |
| Anterior articular | Most anterior point on the articular surface of the articular eminence |
| Auriculare | A point on the lateral aspect of the root of the zygomatic process at the deepest incurvature |
| Entoglenoid | Most inferior point on the entoglenoid process |
| Jugular | Most lateral point of the jugular fossa |
| Lateral eminence | Point on the center of the lateral margin of the articular surface of the articular eminence |
| Lateral ovale | Most lateral point on the margin of the foramen ovale |
| Mandibular fossa | Deepest point within the mandibular fossa |
| Mastoidale | Center of the inferior tip of the mastoid process |
| Medial articular | Most inferior point on medial margin of articular surface of the articular eminence |
| Petrous apex | Apex of petrous part of the temporal bone |
| Porion | Most superior point of the external auditory meatus |
| Postglenoid | Most inferior point on the postglenoid process |
Supraglenoid
gutter | Point of inflection, where the braincase curves laterally into the supraglenoid gutter, in the coronal plane of the mandibular fossa |
| Tympanic | Most inferolateral point on the tympanic element of the temporal |
| Zygion | Most lateral point on the zygomatic arch |
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| Face | |
| Dacryon | Point on the medial orbit at which the frontal, lacrimal, and maxilla intersect |
| Ectoconchonion | The intersection of the most anterior surface of the lateral border of the orbit and a line bisecting the orbit along its long axis |
Frontomalare
Temporale | Most laterally positioned point on the frontozygomatic suture |
| Glabella | Most anterior midline point on the frontal bone |
| Nasion | Point of intersection between the frontonasal suture and midsagittal plane |
| Orbitale | The lowest point on the margin of the orbit |
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| Mandible | |
Condylion
laterale | Most lateral point on the mandibular condyle |
| Coronoid process | Most superior point on the coronoid process of the mandible |
| Gnathion | Most inferior midline point on the mandible |
| Gonion | A point along the rounded posteroinferior corner of the mandible between the ramus and the body |
| Infradentale | Midline point at superior tip of the septum between the mandibular central incisors |
| M1-M2 contact | Projected (laterally) onto the alveolar margin |
| Mandibular notch | Most inferior point in the mandibular notch |
| Mesial P3 | Most mesial point on mandibular P3 alveolus, projected onto the alveolar margin |
| Pogonion | Most anterior point on the mental eminence |
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