Craniomalacia

(kra-ne-o-mal-a' '-se-ah). See Craniotabes Zraniomandibular (kra-ne-o-man-dib' '-u-lar). Relating to the skull and the lower jaw. raniometer. An instrument for gauging the dimensions of the skull. raniometric, Craniometrical. Pertaining to craniometry. C. Point, any one of the points of measurement used in craniometry. A list of the craniometric points is given. Acanthi on, a point in the median line of the skull at the base of the nasal spine. Alveolar Point, the point between the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. Ant in i on, that point on the glabellum, and in the median line, that is farthest from the inion. ASTER I ON, the point behind the ear where the parietal, temporal and occipital bones meet. Auricular Point, the center of the orifice of the external auditory meatus. Basion, the middle point ot the anterior margin of the foramen magnum. Bregma, the point where the coronal and sagittal sutures meet. Dacryon, or Dakryon, the point beside the root of the nose where the frontal, lachrymal, and superior maxillary bones meet. Entomion, the point where the parietal notch of the temporal bone receives the anterior extension of the mastoid angle of the parietal. Glabella, or Glabelllm, the point in the median line between the superciliary arches, marked by a swelling, sometimes by a depre ion. Gnathion, same as Mental Point. Gonion, the point at the angle of the lower jaw. the anterior point of the basilar portion of the united spheno-occipital bone, where it is cro ed by the median line. Inion, the external occipital protuberance.;Jugal Point, the point situated at the angle that the border of the frontal branch of the malar bone with the superior border of its zvgomatic branch. Koronion, the apex of the coronoid proce of the inferior maxilla. Lambda, the point of meeting of the sagittal and the lambdoid sutures.