asterion

A noun referring to the craniometric point where the lamboid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures meet on the skull.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le point crâniométrique où se rencontrent sur le crâne les sutures lambdoïde, occipito-mastoïdienne et pariéto-mastoïdienne.

1. Craniometric point C2 formal medical

   The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture, the occipitomastoid suture, and the parietomastoid suture on the human skull.

   • The asterion is an important landmark in cranial surgery.
   • Anthropologists measure the asterion to study skull morphology.
   • The surgeon located the asterion before making the incision.

   🇫🇷Astérion (point craniométrique)