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. 2014 May 20;2(5):422–429. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.84

Table 2.

Facial landmarks utilized in morphometric analysis

Number Name Landmark description
1 (M) Naison Midline point where the frontal and nasal bones contact (nasofrontal suture).
2 (M) Pronasale Midline point marking the maximum protrusion of the nasal tip.
3 (M) Subnasale Midline point marking the junction between the inferior border of the nasal septum and the cutaneous upper lip. Apex of the nasolabial angle.
4 (M) Labiale Superius Midline point of the vermilion border of the upper lip, at the base of the philtrum.
5 (M) Stomion Midpoint of the labial fissure.
6 (M) Labiale Inferius Midline point of the vermilion border of the lower lip.
7 (M) Sublabiale Midpoint along the inferior margin of the cutaneous lower lip.
8 (M) Gnathion Midline point on the inferior border of the mandible.
9 (R/L) Endocanthion Apex of the angle formed at the inner corner of the palpebral fissure where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
11 (R/L) Exocanthion Apex of the angle formed at the outer corner of the palpebral fissure where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
13 (R/L) Alare Most lateral point on the nasal ala.
15 (R/L) Alare Curvature Point Most posterolateral point on the alar cartilage, located within the crease formed by the union of the alar cartilage and the skin of the cheek.
17 (R/L) Subalare Point located at the lower margin of the nasal ala, where the cartilage inserts in the cutaneous upper lip.
19 (R/L) Christa Philtri Point marking the lateral crest of the philtrum of the upper lip.
21 (R/L) Chelion Point marking the lateral extent of the labial fissure.
23 (R/L) Zygion Most prominent portion of the zygomatic arch.