Nasion
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Relations of the brain and middle meningeal artery to the surface of the skull. (Nasion is at #1.) | |
Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Nasion labeled at center left.) | |
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Latin | Nasion |
TA | A02.1.00.015 |
FMA | 264779 |
The nasion (nā′zē än′) is the intersection of the frontal bone and two nasal bones of the human skull. Its manifestation on the visible surface of the face is a distinctly depressed area directly between the eyes, just superior to the bridge of the nose.[1] It is a cephalometric landmark that is just inferior to the glabella.
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