Nasion

Nasion
Nasion
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Relations of the brain and middle meningeal artery to the surface of the skull. (Nasion is at #1.)
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Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Nasion labeled at center left.)
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The nasion (nā′zē än′) is the intersection of the frontal 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.

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v · d · eBones of head and neck: compound structures of skull (TA A02.1.00.002–052, GA 2.178–199)
Neurocranium
Facial skeleton
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  • Nasion — Na*si*on, n. [NL., fr. L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nasion — Nasion, s. Schädel …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • nasion — ● nasion nom masculin Repère anthropométrique situé au point de rencontre de la ligne médiane du nez et de la suture unissant les deux os propres du nez à l os frontal …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • nasion — [nā′zē än΄] n. [ModL < L nasus, NOSE] in craniometry, the point in the skull at which the suture between the two nasal bones meets the suture between these and the frontal bone nasial adj …   English World dictionary

  • Nasion — menschliche Nase Die Nase (lat. nasus) ist in der Anatomie das Organ von Wirbeltieren, das die Nasenlöcher sowie die Nasenhöhle beherbergt. Bei den Menschen und den meisten anderen Säugetieren liegt die Nase entweder im Gesichtszentrum oder an… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • nasion — nasial, adj. /nay zee on /, n. Craniom. the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane. [1885 90; < NL, equiv. to L nas(us) NASO + Gk ion, dim. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • nasion — noun The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet …   Wiktionary

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