| FM | Foramen Magnum |
| OC | Occipital Condyle |
| OCL | Occipital Condyle Length |
| OCW | Occipital Condyle Width |
| OCT | Occipital Condyle Thickness |
| FML | Foramen Magnum Length |
| FMW | Foramen Magnum Width |
| SD | Sagittal Diameter |
| TD | Transverse Diameter |
| APD | Anteroposterior Diameter |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| AQUA | Anatomical Quality Assurance Tool |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| IOS | Influential Outlier Study |
| MD | Mean Difference |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| SSE | Small Study Effect |
| I2 | Higgins’ I-squared Statistic |
| CART | Classification and Regression Trees |
| meta-CART | Meta-analysis with Classification and Regression Trees |