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| − | The ''' | + | The '''asterion''' is the point on the human [[skull]] where the [[parietal]], [[occipital]], and [[mastoid temporal]] [[bone]]s meet; a three-way joint of the skull. It is the meeting point of the petro-occipital, lambdoid, and parietomastoid sutures. It is situated half an inch above the center of a line drawn between the inion and the tragus of the [[ear]]. |
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Latest revision as of 04:51, September 30, 2008
The asterion is the point on the human skull where the parietal, occipital, and mastoid temporal bones meet; a three-way joint of the skull. It is the meeting point of the petro-occipital, lambdoid, and parietomastoid sutures. It is situated half an inch above the center of a line drawn between the inion and the tragus of the ear.