Table 1.
LM No. | Abbreviations | Skull landmarks used in linear distances |
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S1 | amsph | Most antero-medial point on the body of the sphenoid |
S2 | bas | Mid-point on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, taken on basioccipital |
S3 | lsqu | Most superior point on the squamous temporal, intersection of the coronal suture, left side |
S4 | loci | The superior posterior point on the ectocranial surface of the occipital lateralis on the foramen magnum |
S5 | lpto | Most postero-medial point on the parietal |
S6 | lsyn | Most antero-lateral point on the corner of the basioccipital |
S7 | rsqu | Most superior point on the squamous temporal, intersection of the coronal suture, right side |
S8 | roci | The superior posterior point on the ectocranial surface of the occipital lateralis on the foramen magnum |
S9 | rpto | Most postero-medial point on the parietal |
S10 | rsyn | Most antero-lateral point on the corner of the basioccipital |
LM No. | Abbreviations | Brain landmarks used in linear distances |
B1 | ac | Anterior commisure at midline |
B2 | aptc | Intersection of pons with most caudal aspect of the ventral cerebral surface |
B3 | gcc | Genu of corpus callosum |
B4 | midcb | Most caudal point on cerebellar surface |
B5 | lobc | Most superolateral point of intersection of olfactory bulb with anterior frontal lobe surface, left side |
B6 | lpol | Most caudolateral point on occipital lobe surface, left side |
B7 | obnp | Most superiomedial point on the surface of the brain indicating the intersection of the olfactory bulbs with the nasal passages |
B8 | robc | Most superolateral point of intersection of olfactory bulb with anterior frontal lobe surface, right side |
B9 | rpol | Most caudolateral point on occipital lobe surface, right side |
B10 | spcc | Most superiomedial point on the surface of the brain indicating the intersection of the most posterior portions of the left and right halves of the occipital lobes |
Landmark locations are shown in Figure 2.