Landmarks |
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Basion |
Midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum |
Opisthion |
Midpoint of the posterior margin of the foramen magnum |
Middle spheno-occipital |
Spheno-occipital suture at the midline |
Dorsum sellae |
Anterior edge at the midline |
Sphenoidale |
Most posterior, superior midline point of planum sphenoideum |
Posterior “olfactory pit” |
Posterior edge of the olfactory pit at the midline |
Anterior olfactory pit |
Anterior edge of the olfactory pit at the midline |
Internal occipital protuberance |
Superior edge of transverse sinus at the midline |
Left/right lateral foramen magnum |
Widest point, immediately above left/right hypoglossal canal |
Left/right superior orbital fissure |
Lateral vertex |
Left/right foramen ovale |
Most posterior and lateral point |
Left/right foramen rotundum |
Lateral vertex |
Left/right jugular foramen |
Most anterior and inner point |
Left/right spheno-occipital |
Lateral spheno-occipital suture |
Left/right spheno-parietal |
At the junction |
Left/right petrous-occipital |
Maximum curvature point at the junction |
Left/right petrous |
Petrous apex |
Curves |
|
Midline occipital |
Along the midline from foramen magnum to spheno-occipital suture |
Middle sphenoid |
Along the midline in anterior cranial fossa |
Left/right lateral occipital |
From jugular foramen to spheno-occipital suture. Delimiting brainstem |
Left/right sphenoid |
From superior orbital fissure to spheno-parietal junction. Delimiting anterior and middle cranial fossa |
Left/right petrous |
Delimiting posterior and middle cranial fossa |
Transverse sinus |
Delimiting vault from posterior cranial fossa |
Left/right anterior cranial fossa |
From olfactory pit to spheno-parietal junction. Delimiting frontal lobe/anterior cranial fossa ventral and dorsal regions |
Midsagittal |
From anterior olfactory pit to internal occipital protuberance |
Basioccipital |
From internal occipital protuberance to opisthion, at the midline |